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School Supplies You Didn’t Know You Needed, Until Now!

July 28, 2016 by Teach-A-Roo Leave a Comment

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I get so excited during the summer when the Back to School sales start. I think it goes back to my childhood when my folks would take me to get my school supplies. We went to a store called Smitty’s and I would get to pick out a new pencil box, crayons, and a fresh […]

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Filed Under: Back to School, Beginning of Year, Centers, Language Arts, Management, Organization Tagged With: Amazon, back to school, centers, classroom organization

Disney Classroom Ideas

July 12, 2016 by Teach-A-Roo Leave a Comment

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I expanded my Disney theme to include some new ideas and jazz up my classroom, and I was tickled with the result! The kids loved it and I was able to start the year off on a fun, upbeat note, Disney style! Inside Out Bulletin Board I loved Inside Out. I made this board to […]

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Filed Under: Back to School, Beginning of Year, Bulletin Boards, Disney, Gifts for Kids Tagged With: back to school, bulletin boards, Classroom Decorations, Disney

Themes… Going BIG!

June 7, 2015 by Teach-A-Roo Leave a Comment

I L-O-V-E teaching and decorating my classroom with themes. It started back in in the “Whole Language” era (yeah, I am that old!) but came back to life for me during my years in the library. A dear friend offered his talent and expertise to help me create my visions using insulation styrofoam sheets to […]

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Filed Under: Bulletin Boards, Classroom Decorations, Themes Tagged With: back to school, centers, Classroom Decorations, themes

Astronaut Training Kits: Space Themed Goody Bags for Students

May 4, 2015 by Teach-A-Roo 1 Comment

Since I am going with the space theme, made up some cute goody bags to have on the student’s desks the first day of school, and suddenly  the “Astronaut Survival Bags” came to be.  I got some free lunch sacks from our lovely cafeteria manager, and splatter painted them in purples, yellows, black, an some […]

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Filed Under: Back to School, Beginning of Year, Space, Themes Tagged With: back to school, beginning of year, space, space theme, themes

The Gingerbread Man: LOOSE in the SCHOOL!!!

August 2, 2014 by Teach-A-Roo Leave a Comment

 OH NO!  The Gingerbread Man is LOOSE IN THE SCHOOL!!! Not, really, he is just looking for the kids that made him. The Gingerbread Man – Loose in the School by Laura Murray is a terrific book for the beginning of the year, or anytime you want to add a little gingery fun to your […]

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Filed Under: Back to School, Books I Love, Picture Books, Professional Book Study Tagged With: back to school, literature, picture books

Unique (and inexpensive) Birthday Gifts for Students

July 25, 2014 by Teach-A-Roo 17 Comments

Want to give your students a birthday gift they’ll use and remember? Check this out! You might recall last winter when I was so excited about my Send Home Science Kits. They have become one of my favorite things to give to students, and EVERY TIME… the kids go nuts for them! They think they […]

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Filed Under: Back to School, Beginning of Year, Birthdays, Gift Ideas, Gifts for Kids, Holidays, Science, Send Home Science Tagged With: back to school, Birthday Gifts, classroom management, Send Home Science

Post-it Note Matchbooks

June 23, 2014 by Teach-A-Roo 4 Comments

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I wanted to share what I have been working on for the past few weeks… yes weeks, because I am making A LOT of these puppies to giveaway at the upcoming SDE conference in VEGAS!  I am SUPER EXCITED to get to go another year! We made about 1200+ to give away, but I also […]

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Filed Under: Back to School, Beginning of Year, Gift Ideas, Teacher Tips Tagged With: back to school, beginning of the year, gifts for teachers, gifts for teammates

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