ideas and tips for creating pencil sharpening procedures in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom

Classroom Pencil Management: Setting up Pencil Sharpening Procedures

Classroom pencil management for 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students is much harder than the general public thinks. Non-teachers do not and cannot understand how difficult it is for upper elementary students to keep up with and take care of pencils. Or how disruptive pencil sharpening can be to instruction. Often teachers have to provide classroom supplies for …

what to do the first day of school for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers

What To Do On The First Day Of School – A Practical Schedule

Wondering what to do on the first day of school? I was always surprised at how quickly the day would fly by. One minute I’m greeting students, the next, I’m exhaustedly sitting at my desk wondering where the day has gone, why my feet are so tired, and how I could have gone the entire day without doing anything I …