Daily Routines, Teaching

Creating a Morning Routine in Your Classroom to Have a Great Day of Teaching

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Posts about morning routines are all over the internet. Here on Creating Time For Life I have one about some great habits to try in your morning routine and one about my personal morning routine as well. You are your habits! Starting your day off with a morning routine is essential for your well-being. With that said, wouldn’t it be wise to create a classroom morning routine as well? Yes, it would. Most definitely it would be amazing! Teaching is super unpredictable. The funny thing about that statement though, is that to be the most successful, you need to be […]

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Teaching

How Planning Lessons a Week Ahead Changed My Teacher Life

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Anyone who has been teaching for any number of years has encountered all types of teacher planners as their colleagues. You’ve got the day-by-day planner who is a day ahead in what they are doing. There are the 15 minutes before the kids walk in I’m trying to figure out my life and planning lessons on the fly planners. There’s the loosely planned for the week, but I don’t really have anything ready planner. I’ve also seen (my husband) the planned until Christmas and it is only October planner. All mixes of the above are also around. Planning Lessons is […]

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Digital Planning, Productivity, Teaching

Which Teacher Planner Is Going to Work Best for You and Your Planning Style?

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If I’m going to be honest with you, this is not a review of planners per se. So, if you came here for another one of those posts, this isn’t it. I’m going to tell you my story in hopes that it will help you go through what I went through a little bit more quickly. Everyone has their own unique planning style. If you are a brand new teacher, yay! If you are a seasoned veteran, yay! This post is for both.  I’m going to cover my own personal planning story, things that don’t work or aren’t worth it, […]

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How Tos, Productivity, Teaching

Canva For Educators: Why I Love This Free Tool

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When I started on my blog journey this year, I discovered a POWERFUL tool that I’ve added to my arsenal: Canva. Holy crap is this thing a powerhouse of awesome. For my blog stuff, I use it to create my pins, Instagram posts (btw, don’t forget to follow me if you don’t already: @creatingtimeforlife), and more. After learning of its power and ease, I then turned it loose on everything in my classroom as well! The best part: as an educator, you can use all the awesome features for free! Canva for educators is FREE. So this post is going […]

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Productivity, Teaching, Time Management

7 Things Teachers Can Do During Summer Break to Ensure a Stress-Free Fall

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Let’s be absolutely honest here… teachers work during summer break. Yes, we don’t have to teach children, but all teachers do things for school over summer break. If you didn’t, it would be like a freight train was hitting you that first day back. Now, I’m not saying that you need to log a million hours instead of hitting the pool. There are a few things, however, that will help you start the year without stress (or as little as possible).  Reflect on the year before. Figure out any automated or simple running lists/items that you can regularly contribute to. […]

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Digital Planning, Teaching

Digital or Traditional Planning: Which is Better? – Teacher Edition

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This post is for all my fellow teachers out there. If you aren’t a teacher, then head over to my other post that covers some of the same ideas without the teaching specifics. This post is all about grade books, curriculum plans, and the dreaded teacher planner! Now, the honest answer to this question is that whichever works for you is the better option!  However, I know that isn’t why you are reading this.  You want answers.   Do you still keep a paper teacher planner and a paper grade book? This is not even a generational thing because I work […]

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