Well folks, this is our last Tips and tools for Back to School.  I am heading back to school tomorrow!

The sweet and lovely Laura from A Grace Filled Classroom has an amazing post for you this week on ways to build strong relationships with parents. This is so important because when teachers and parents work together, they create a supportive and successful school year for children.

Laura has not only shared her fabulous tips, but she’s also offering an incredible freebie! Oh, wait… not just one—two! She is sharing two incredible freebies to help foster better communication and collaboration between educators and families.

For teachers looking to streamline parent communication and classroom management, Latenode can be a game-changer. This no-code automation platform helps educators automate tasks like sending reminders, tracking student progress, and organizing resources—saving time so they can focus on what truly matters: teaching and building meaningful connections.

What parent doesn't love hearing great news about their child?

The Primary Peeps are back with


This week, the very talented Amna from Teach to Reach is sharing with us her tips for Open House.  She has a fabulous freebie to offer this week!


Do you need parent contact info? How about a volunteer sign up list?  Teach to Reach has all of this and more so hop on over to her adorable blog by clicking on the picture to grab this up just in time for your Open House.

Stay tuned next week for more Tips and Tools for Back to School from

I love Monday's!  Ok well not really....but I do love

 Linking up with 4th Grade Folics each Monday is one reason to certainly love Mondays!


I bought this toolkit at a local hardware store for $15 and covered it with colored Duct Tape.  I made the labels to match my Preppy Nautical theme by Schoolgirl Style.


I also made these "quiet critters" to give to my students when they are working quietly. They love trying to collect them throughout the day!




My goal this summer was have a total of 20 products in my TPT store before I went back to school.  I was thrilled to finish making this product this, my 21st product!


Brag tags are a wonderful classroom management tool to reinforce positive behavior and academic achievements.  They are on sale in my store if you would like to check them out.

Before you leave, make sure to enter our giveaway and link up if you wish to share your favorite back to school items

It's time once again for...   



This week, the fabulous Missy from Dirt Road Teacher is sharing a ton of freebies!  She has compiled all of the freebies from our Tips and Tools series and put them into one post to make it easy for ya'll to grab up!  How incredible is that?  The Dirt Road Teacher makes incredible lesson planners/binders so you definitely want to check out her store.I know because I'm lucky enough to have one!

She is offering her Emergency Info binder along with all the freebies from our Tips and Tools series on her blog right now so you want to make sure you pop on over there.

Stay tuned next Sunday for more Tips and Tools for Back to School with...

 

It's finally here and...





I'm so thrilled and so fortunate to be linking up with about 36 other fantastic bloggers and some outstanding educational companies to share with you....
 But that is not all..... how about a.....

GIVEAWAY!!!! 

Have you heard of  "Sit Spots?" They are fantastic I tell ya!  No more arguing over spots on the carpet.  Assign them with Sit Spots. You can write on them and use them for a review sight words, addition/subtraction facts, shapes and so much more!  Your janitor will thank you for not using tape anymore!  These are velcro so easy on-easy off!  These are part of the giveaway!




And so are these! 




We also have $330 in Amazon vouchers!

So make sure to enter our giveaway through the rafflecopter and then click on the links to see what "must have's" for back to school other fabulous teachers can't do without!  I'll start with me.


I love me some markers!  I use the Sharpies for labeling, the flair pens for everyday writing, correcting and just about all my written work, and the Scentos are for making anchor charts.






Another favorite writing utensil is:



They truly are the world's best pencil, in my humble opinion.


And of course you can't have great writing prodcuts without something adorable to write in:


This fabulous planner was made by my blogger friend Missy from Dirt Road Teacher.  I love it!


I use this teacher toolkit to store all my smaller supplies in because I can't stand it when my desk gets really cluttered with all the junk goodies.


I bought the toolkit from a local hardware store for $15 and covered it with colored duct tape and then I made the labels.


My obsession need for organization trickles down to my students where they have folders for everything!  I love folders!  They have folders to take work to and from school and for every subject that they store ongoing work in.

A recent purchase that I just discovered I cannot live without is:  


No longer will I be walking a mile down to the laminator at my school, to turn it on, walk back to my classroom and walk back again to discover.....yup....someone turned it off. Can you relate?

 Another device I cannot live without is my classroom SMARTboard



Seriously, how did I ever teacher without this? One day it was not working and I had to teach "old school".  It was one for the worst days of my life.  For real.


I have to have a cute classroom. Thanks to Schoolgirl Style I do!  I cannot live without her fabulous classroom design kits. I am using the Preppy Nautical theme this year.




And you can't have a cute classroom with cute things if you don't look cute!

I love my striped shoes from Payless Shoe Source and my black Dansco shoes.  The Dansco's aren't particularly pretty but they sure are comfortable. I won't do recess duty without them!


A "must have" for "dress down days" are these adorable teacher tees.  Don't forget to enter the giveaway!


After filling out the rafflecopter, don't forget to follow the linky to see what other fabulous teachers' "must haves" are!


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