10 January Activities for Primary Students
A new year brings fresh energy to the classroom—new goals, new ideas, and new opportunities for our students to grow. January i...
Math
Prep Your Math in 10 Minutes or Less!
Do you find yourself forever planning out your math and prepping it? Are you trying to find activities for multiple skill level...
16 Engaging Classroom Activities for October
It's finally fall! Time to break out the Pumpkin Spice, Fall decor, and my monthly-themed activities for October. Cross-curricu...
19 Classroom Activities for September
Overwhelmed! Exhausted! So much to do! Send help! And it is only September! Are you even a teacher if you are not feeling any o...
23 Money Activities for Kids
"Show me the MONEY!" (Do you now have the scene from Jerry Maguire playing in your head??) Money... it is a favorite math unit ...
Prepping for a Sub in 15 Minutes or Less
As teachers, we all know that a day off work can mean more planning, stress, anxiety, and worry. It shouldn't be that way, and ...
19 Ways to Use Board Games as Centers
What was your favorite board game as a child? The one that you always wanted to play when friends came over, or the one you pul...
Pre-teaching vs. Reteaching with the Struggling Student
How many of us “reteach” a lesson or part of a lesson to students who didn’t grasp it the first time around? Exactly. Same. ...
50 Tips from Teachers to Start the School Year
The season is upon us. Are we ready for it? Looking for some tips to start the school year? I am speaking of a brand new scho...
10 Quick Progress Monitoring Ideas for Primary Students
Back-to-school time means it is time to find assessment and progress monitoring ideas. Summer has flown by, and now you will h...
15 Ways to Decorate your Classroom Walls
Setting up your classroom can be overwhelming both physically and mentally. From moving furniture to lesson planning for the fi...
Student Math Toolkits in 3 Easy Steps
Picture this... It's small group math time and you are working with a set of students in a guided math group. You quickly scan ...
5 of the Best Editable Resources for Primary Teachers
Easy. Easy is what I want in my classroom. With all the duties and paperwork we teachers must do, don't you want things easy, p...
20 Math Activities to Start the New School Year
Thinking about the upcoming school year? No matter how much we, as educators, want to enjoy our summers and our time away…schoo...
Summer Activity Packets for Primary Students
“Summertime and the living is easy…” as Ella Fitzgerald once sang. Not bragging, but I am lounging by the pool with my beverag...
10 I Spy Activities to Make Academics Fun
Did anyone else ever play “I Spy” during long car rides when you were a child? I am sure your family played the “Quiet Game” i...
I Spy Resources
Did anyone else ever play “I Spy” during long car rides when you were a child? I am sure your family played the “Quiet Game” in...
25 Fun Rainy Day Activities
“Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down” as The Carpenters once sang. Well, for me they are half right. The latter part on...
15 English Language Learners Strategies
English Language Learner (ELL) students do not necessarily learn differently than other students. However, they can have specif...
20 Fun Ideas for Outdoor Activities for Students
The weather is getting warmer and our students (and us) are getting restless. We have had to pull out all of the stops this sch...
20 Easy Prep Earth Day Activities
Although Earth Day is Every Day in my mind (right?), the official annual date of April 22nd is approaching fast! I love teachin...
25 Tips to Survive till Summer Break
It is that time of year! The time when we are tired, and the students are restless. It has been a long one for both the kids an...
12 Quiet Activities for the Classroom
Quiet time is a purposeful and peaceful way to recharge mid-day. It's even great for teachers to take that extra couple of minu...
21 Spring Activities for Primary Teachers
Spring is in the air and I am ready to bring out the fun science projects, read-alouds, and outdoor activities. This time of ye...
Ways to Use Exit Tickets in your Classroom
How do you check for student understanding? As educators, we are constantly checking in with our students. Perhaps you are al...
13 Ideas to Support your Gifted Students
Typically, as teachers, we put more time and energy into focusing on the students that have fallen behind or are struggling. T...
17 Activities for St. Patrick's Day
Several small holidays happen throughout the school year that kids love to celebrate! But, teachers wonder how to still meet th...
25 Place Value Activities
Place value is the foundation of math, and mastering it is essential for success in future concepts. Our collection of 25 Place...
22 Engaging Distance Learning Resources
It is the phrase that we all dread “Your class has to go on quarantine for the next (insert number) days.” We have to prepare t...
15 Classroom Activities for the Winter Olympics
If you are a Winter Games buff like I am, you don't want to miss a second of coverage, even if you are in your classroom! I wi...
23 Dental Activities for Kids
“Brush-a, brush-a brush-a”... anytime I pick up a toothbrush I act like the sleepover scene in the movie Grease. This is, of co...
10 Reasons to Try Directed Drawings in Your Primary Classroom
Drawing has been and always will be such a calming activity for me. As a child, I was always doodling in my notebooks, drawing ...
Homework in the Primary Classroom?
The topic of homework seems to be a hot-button issue in education lately. Do we give it to students? Do we not? If we provid...
33 Teacher Ideas for Using Student Whiteboards
Do you have a set of student whiteboards for all of the kids in your class? I have tons of student whiteboards, but in all hone...
Top 10 Teacher Websites for Worksheets and Printables
How many times a week do you type in the search bar "worksheets for ___"? You only need a worksheet to cover a certain skill or...
The Benefits of an ETTC Membership
Teachers, there is so much on our plates this year. It feels like every teacher could use a 4 week paid vacation to the tropica...
23 Math Read-Alouds for Primary Students
Read-aloud time is one of my favorite parts of the school day! Your students are engaged, they get to listen to fluent reading,...
All About Math Focus Walls
Teachers have been using focus walls in their classrooms for a very long time. But, if you are anything like me, all of the cho...
Anchor Charts For Your Primary Classroom
"Every sentence begins with a _____ and ends with a ______." I repeated for the tenth time within a 30 minute writing lesson. ...
15 Easy Prep Subtraction Activities
Looking for fun and engaging easy prep activities to help your students master subtraction? What are some of the best ways to t...
Using Color By Number In Your Instruction
I love Color by Number activities as do my students. Color by Number or Color by Skill can be classified as coloring activitie...
27 Easy Prep Activities to Teach Addition
Addition... it is a skill that your students learn for what seems like ages. How do you continue to have them practice addition...
Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15th to October 15th is when we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. It traditionally honors the cultures and ...
5 Easy Math Centers for First Grade
Growing up, math was always my favorite subject as a student. Now as a teacher, it's one of my most challenging areas to teach...
20 Tools to Include in Your Guided Reading & Math Baskets
Guided reading and math groups are where all of the magic ? happens. You get to hone in on the specific skills your students in...
9 Morning Meeting Ideas to Wake Up Your Routine
Have you ever heard of MORNING MEETINGS? (Also known as, the couple extra minutes to take attendance, submit lunch counts, read...
20 Free Teacher Worksheets to Start the Year
The beginning of the school year is a time of excitement and eagerness to meet your new students. It is also a time of stress a...
Your First-Year Teacher Questions ... ANSWERED!
We asked first-year teachers in our Fearless Teachers Facebook groups to ask their burning first-year teacher questions and som...
30 Activities for Early Finishers
I'm sure you've experienced this with your early finishers: you are helping little Jake with his reading while also scanning th...
Everything You Need to Know About Data Binders
As you know, data binders, data worksheets, and data tracking are a big part of teaching. Plus, we often must give assessments ...
20 No Prep Math Activities
Looking for No Prep Math Activities? Or more ways to incorporate MATH into your daily schedule, but need ideas that are NO PRE...
32 No Prep Activities Perfect for Individual Centers
Individual centers are nothing new...whether pre/post-COVID or in the thick of it, I use them with my students. Center learning...
30 Teacher-tested Websites You Can Use Today
Teacher-tested websites are important, but I am always looking for new websites for my students in this digital teaching age. S...
15 Art Ideas for Every Subject!
Art is a passion for me and such a huge part of a child's education. Not only am I a blog author, but I am also an illustrator....
13 of the Best Springtime Science Activities
Science is my jam. I live for the opportunities to take my students' curiosity and help fan the flames. I love introducing them...
11 Ways to Kickstart Your Math Block
I absolutely LOVE math. There’s something about numbers and figuring out solutions that thrill me as an educator. Figuring out ...
Black History is American History
Make no mistake...Black History is American History and should be taught year-round. Sadly, in classrooms across The United Sta...
17 Weather Activities for the Primary Classroom
Do your students ever wonder why the sky is blue or where rain comes from? Maybe they’re curious about how to read a thermomete...
13 Simple Ways to Practice Addition and Subtraction
In my day, we just memorized math. I don’t know that I ever really truly understood much of what math was nor was I able to com...
10 Amazing Apps for Preschoolers and Early Learners
As a homeschool mom, I am always on the hunt for great educational apps. Both educational but still fun and entertaining for my...
The A to Z Handbook for Primary Teachers
Teaching can be so very complicated between paperwork, planning, grades, and meetings that we NEED a handbook! And, we haven’t ...
Activities to Celebrate 100 Days of School
The 100th Day of school is right around the corner. I am very excited to celebrate 100 Days with my students. Completing 100 da...
10 Centers that Get Kids Moving
I have been working on centers that get my kids moving (especially since we don't get to leave the classroom for lunch or speci...
15 STEM Websites to Keep Students Learning at Home
Teaching STEM virtually sounds almost impossible right? Well, we have found 15 STEM Websites to Keep your Students Learning at ...
10 Reasons Why Teachers are LOVING Individual Centers
Have you been wondering how to incorporate centers this school year? We had the same concern and decided to develop individual ...
17 Teacher Resources You Might Not Know You've Been Missing Out On
This year has me scatter-brained and trying to stay organized with everything being thrown my way. I keep coming across some aw...
10 Ideas For Your Winter Morning Tubs
One of my favorite things to do for our homeschool is changing out our morning tubs. I usually theme them depending on the seas...
Boards, Menus, and Choices, Oh My!
Choice empowers students as well as provides a tiered approach for teachers to differentiate allowing for more of a challenge a...
4 Fantastic Learning Activities for Preschoolers
We have put together 4 Fantastic Learning Activities for Preschoolers that you can use in the classroom, or at home. Preschool...
5 Fun Learning Activities for Fall
Fall is a time of change. Changing of the seasons, the leaves, time, and sometimes inner change. It is my favorite time of yea...
"Hands-On" Ideas for the Digital Classroom
No computer screen necessary for this one... let's share some Hands-On Ideas for the Digital Classroom. I found over my years ...
20 STEM Challenges for Kids
Start your year out right with 20 STEM Challenges for Kids! We have listed 20 inexpensive activities you can try with your stud...
Activities to Teach Phonics and Math
Little hands need to be manipulating items during learning. And I'm not talking about a touchpad or mouse... What if you could ...
Tips for Using Google Classroom
At ETTC, our mission is to serve elementary teachers in the best way we possibly can, no matter what. We have been working arou...
Use Color Tiles Efficiently With Masking Tape
I hope you are all enjoying your summer break! I sure am. We just got back from Costa Rica, so I am definitely out of teacher ...