A reflection on PBIS, rewards, belonging, and the importance of focusing on relationships, skill-building, and student growth.

Reflections on classroom community, relationships, and the routines that mattered most during my first year teaching first grade.

Exploring classroom community, equity, belonging, and alternatives to traditional Show and Tell.

A first grade teacher reflects on classroom management, student behavior, critical thinking, and the difference between structure and compliance in schools.

A first grade teacher reflects on the Science of Reading, explicit phonics instruction, reading intervention, and why reading success should be accessible to more children.

Exploring the difference between behavior management and skill-building when supporting students who struggle with self-regulation, attention, and classroom expectations.

A humorous look at life in a first grade classroom, where spiders, tears, random chicken nuggets, and unexpected conversations somehow coexist with reading, writing, math, and learning.

A reflection on student behavior, classroom management, accountability, and the difference between defiance, overwhelm, and skill gaps in children.

A reflection on student behavior, classroom management, impulse control, and why curiosity and problem-solving may be more effective than demanding compliance.

A first-year teacher reflects on classroom community, student relationships, and the lessons learned during her first year of teaching.

A teacher and parent reflects on public school, diversity, belonging, and why learning alongside people with different experiences matters as much as academics.

A reflection on changing schools, teacher growth, career transitions in education, and what we gain when we step into a new environment.

A reflection on banned books, diverse literature, and why children deserve access to stories that expand their understanding of themselves and the world.

A first grade teacher reflects on child development, classroom expectations, and the daily challenge of teaching children who are capable of incredible things and still very much six years old.

A first grade teacher reflects on student trust, classroom belonging, academic growth, and why relationships are often the foundation for high expectations.

A reflection on the Science of Reading, background knowledge, literacy equity, and why explicit reading instruction gives more children access to reading success and independent thinking.

A reflection on teaching during difficult times, the role of schools in supporting children, and the steady presence educators provide when the world beyond the classroom feels unsettled.

A reflection on student behavior, teacher stress, classroom management, and the challenge of staying curious when behavior feels disrespectful.

Exploring school safety, student belonging, and how educators can create predictability and care during times of uncertainty.

A first grade winter lesson that combines science, social studies, art, and student choice while exploring how different cultures use light to represent hope, warmth, and togetherness.