Classroom management systems can have some negative social-emotional effects and not to mention the dent they can make in the good old bank account. What can you do to make your elementary classroom management system work? By keeping it simple with these simple classroom management ideas that work. 

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Small group math instruction allows you to truly differentiate your lessons. Breaking your math block up into key areas is only the first step to implementing guided math. Next, you have to plan what you will teach your students when they arrive at your small group table. In today’s episode, I am going to share how I organize the lesson inside my small group math lesson.

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You have your small group literacy block scheduled! You know what you will include in your mini-lesson to address phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and comprehension. You even have your centers organized and ready to go. But now comes the small group instruction. What do you actually do when students rotate through your table?

In today’s episode, I am going to break down a small group lesson plan to show you how and what I taught in small groups during my literacy block.

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Implementing math and literacy centers in your elementary classroom involves lots of papers, tools, printable activities, and more. Staying organized is key to successfully implementing centers during your small group instruction.

So how do you keep all your centers organized so that you can easily plan, prep, and execute math and literacy centers in your small group block?

In today’s episode, I’m going to share tips for getting your centers organized so you can calm the chaos and help you plan and prep with ease!

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Steps to Organizing Math and Literacy Centers

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While the perfect math block schedule would be 75 minutes just like your literacy centers, it’s just not that simple. No matter how much time you have for your math block, you can make your math blocks meaningful by incorporating some important steps. Today's episode is full of tips and strategies to make your math block run smoothly!

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Science of Reading is all the craze right now! The reality is, that it’s the way I taught phonics and reading for most of my career. It just has a name and pretty bow on it now!

If you are ready to dive into teaching science of reading aligned curriculum and you are trying to figure out how to schedule your literacy block, in today’s episode I am going to share some tips and strategies to help you!

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Need some simple tips for grouping students for small group instruction? As educators, we spend the first few weeks of school creating rules and routines in our classroom. We practice and rehearse how to complete work and move around our classroom. At some point, it is time to move on and begin your small group instruction.

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Nothing is more frustrating than getting to Sunday night only to realize that your math centers aren’t ready to go for the week and you are scrambling to get SOMETHING together for your small group instruction.

In today’s episode, I’m going to share 3 tips for prepping your math centers that will save you time and have you kissing those SUNDAY BLUES goodbye!

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Have you ever spent all weekend getting your center activities ready to go cutting them out, laminating them, and organizing them just to have Monday come and chaos ensue? You might be sitting there thinking, where did I go wrong? You might be thinking, I had all the center activities organized and ready but my students aren’t staying focused, they don’t understand the activities, and they keep interrupting your small group time. While this might all be done, you might have forgotten to make a plan to easily manage reading centers. How can you manage reading centers? By following these four simple tips.

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You have spent the last 180 days learning with students and making amazing memories with them! When the last week of school comes, you want to make sure to celebrate all of the milestones and memories that took place! While you’re celebrating these milestones and memories, it’s a great opportunity to make one more memory with those students before they move onto the next step. I have had some incredible teacher friends help me make my last week of school not only memorable but simple. How? With these four activities for the last week of school.

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