Sight words, spelling words, vocabulary words–words, words, and more words! What are your favorite word displays? Maybe you use a word wall. Maybe you use a pocket chart. Maybe you simply use the wall, the floor, a tabletop, or the ceiling! (Okay, that might be a stretch!) In a word, our editors would like to…
Planning and Curriculum
Back-to-School Displays
Wow! Some of you are already teaching, and the rest of y’all will be teaching in a jiffy! Thanks so much for sharing the starting and finishing dates of your upcoming school year at First Friday Giveaway. Today is the last day to enter the giveaway, so don’t delay if you haven’t yet participated! Now,…
The Mailbox in Your Mailbox
I’m guessing not all of my blog buddies subscribe to The Mailbox magazine though I think you should. 🙂For those of you who either have your own subscription or have access to the magazine through your school, I’d love to know which edition you subscribe to—Preschool, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grades 2–3, or Intermediate— and what…
Lesson Plan Lowdown
Now that you’ve been writing lesson plans for several weeks, I’m curious! What timesavers have you discovered when it comes to writing your weekly plans? For example, do you write your plans more quickly while eating chocolate? 🙂 Or maybe you’ve learned that keeping a thick pad of sticky notes near your plan book or…
FREE E-News From The Mailbox!
You’re gonna love this! The Mailbox has two NEW weekly e-newsletters and they are both FREE! Sign up to receive Literature Links and each week two literature-based activities and an engaging graphic organizer or skill sheet will arrive in your inbox. Click here to see a sample and to sign up for Literature Links! If…
Five Must-Dos for Back-to-School
Okay, y’all! I’m thinking some of you are already preparing (or thinking about preparing) your classrooms for the start of school. Perhaps others of you have teaching jobs, but no one is saying what grades you’ll teach or which classrooms you’ll occupy. And, hopefully, there aren’t too many of you who are still waiting to…
Beach, BBQ, Back-to-School?
Back-to-school? Yep, you read that right. Hang with me! This is great back-to-school fun! You see, the back-to-school issues of The Mailbox magazine are on their way to mailboxes, in-boxes, and dealer stores right now. And every reader of The Mailbox magazine, no matter what grade level, is in for a fun surprise! Guess what?…
Address Labels
Yesterday in the mail, I received a colorful pack of address labels from an organization seeking a donation. The labels are adorable! And yet, I already have several similar packs in my mail basket. How can I possibly use all these labels? (I know; I could toss them. Sigh. That just feels so wasteful!) At…
Million-Buck Giveaway Reminder
Ha! That title drew you in, didn’t it? You’ll have to read yesterday’s blog, “End-of-the-Day Chaos,” to get the scoop. And, if you’ve already posted, I encourage you to visit the blog again. Julie has a request. Susan has a question for Sarah. And who knows, after reading the comments, you might think of another…
The Fourth Quarter
Okay, I confess. I actually watched part of a basketball game this weekend. 🙂 And guess who it made me think of. You! It was the final quarter of the game. Players on both teams were scrambling to score. Time was running out. Yipes! That’s when it struck me that the fourth quarter of a…