Month: July 2018

Back to School Sale: August 1st-2nd!

TEACHERS! It’s that time of year again! The Teachers Pay Teachers Back to School Sale is this Wednesday and Thursday (August 1st and 2nd)! Everything at Glitter in Third is on sale for 25% off – including bundles! Also, make sure to enter the GIVEAWAY for a $25 TPT gift card- for both you and […]

Teaching map skills and geography in the elementary classroom

At the beginning of the school year, the first unit that I always teach in social studies is civics (since it goes hand-in-hand with discussing how to be a respectful classroom member), then map skills. My students LOVE map skills, and I can see why. It is pretty great as a kid to suddenly see […]

Using picture prompts to excite student writers on Google Drive & Classroom

  It’s the same thing every year for me- my girls love writing while my boys… well… hate it. Every September I have the same conference critiques with parents in writing, and they express the same concerns with me. “My child is a reluctant writer- he/she has fabulous ideas, but they simply can’t figure out […]