One Classroom Over™

If you’re a new teacher or your classroom management system hasn’t been working, here are three simple classroom management systems that will work and two that never did.  Show Notes and Links

Are you struggling to find a balance between teacher life and your home life? If you’re like most teachers, your work-life is getting so much love but your home-life might need a little bit of TLC. Now, if you’re like me and struggle with getting balance, start by asking yourself why you became a teacher in the first place? You became a teacher to help your students grow and learn not only academi...

Math and literacy centers can be your favorite tool during your small group instruction or they can be the thorn in your side that makes you want to pull your hair out!  In our year-long bundles, we have done the hard work for you to create easy math and literacy centers that ACTUALLY WORK and provide your students with the review and enrichment your students need. Show Notes and Links

This week I sat down with Jamie Sears from Not So Wimpy Teacher to share some tips and strategies for taking writing instruction in your classroom from CHAOS to CALM! She shares her WILDLY SIMPLE approach to teaching writing and an opportunity for a FREE TRAINING you can get in on if you act fast!  Check out the shownotes for links: https://farrahhenley.com/episode315  

This year has been tough rockstars...but we are here to celebrate YOU! I have teamed up with Katie and Holly this summer for The Teacher Road Trip and we are here to share all the details!  Sit back, grab your calendar, and then jump over and grab your tickets!  Best of all, the EVENTS and participation are TOTALLY FREE!  Check it out here: https://theteacherroadtrip.com Follow Kati...

This week I sat down with former fifth-grade teacher turned first-time kindergarten teacher to talk about how she has successfully implemented small group instruction with math and literacy centers in her kindergarten classroom while teaching first virtually, then HYBRID, and now preparing her students for returning face to face!  She did it using the Easy Centers Framework I teach inside our...

This week I sit down with third-grade teacher, Alexis Atwood, as she shares how her math classroom, specifically her small group math block, has been transformed with a simple system that she learned in my signature program Learning Centers Made Easy!   Want more information? Click HERE to join in our FREE TRAINING that is coming soon! Shownotes and Links

Centers are only for lower elementary grades, right? Busy work. That’s all centers are! I have heard it all before, and I am here to tell you it’s a pack of lies! There are so many misconceptions about math and literacy centers. So why are these misconceptions heard all the time? Easy, they are believable. In fact, they are so believable that I thought all these misconceptions were true, but not a...

When you need to add the cherry on top of a concept, what are you going to do? Go to centers! When you are trying to test prep for the upcoming state testing season, how are you going to review? Go to centers! Centers are one of the most versatile  tools  that we have in our arsenal. They can be perfect for reviewing new and old concepts. Using centers for enrichment can take your studen...

Are you afraid to use centers right now because it’s just not safe? Centers are great for so many things! Review! Test prep! Enriching material! Collaboration! The list really goes on and on. However, there are times when we want students to be on their own to see specifically what that student knows. In order to do that, you need independent center activities for elementary students that will kee...

When you start working on anything whether it’s in your centers or just in class, some students are inevitably going to get done faster than others. Therefore, some students are going to have extra time to do, well nothing. This happens in the morning which is why we have morning work to combat the chaos. However, what do we do when students are early finishers during centers or independent work t...

Centers are great for differentiation, collaborative work, test prep, reviewing material, and enriching learning that is already taking place. However, all of this is only possible if you have all your ducks in a row. Setting up centers in a way that is easy for students to follow and you to maintain is going to be vital for the overall center's success. SHOW NOTES and LINKS

Are you struggling to get your centers organized? Today I share some tips and strategies for organizing your centers so your set-up and consistency are simple and easy! LINKS MENTIONED in the SHOW NOTES

While the world of teaching was flipped, so was the world of being a student. Therefore, social emotional learning became more important than ever to integrate into your day, but where? You can integrate social emotional learning in centers and make your students' mindset a priority too! SHOW NOTES

How do you begin grouping your students in centers? Grouping students is not easy, but here are a few ways. SHOW NOTES

Worksheets are a great tool for teachers to use in order to understand just where students are in their understanding. However, worksheets can get tiresome and tedious after too much use. So, how do you get away from the worksheet? We find ways to get creative and go beyond the worksheet in your student learning process. SHOW NOTES

Are your math and literacy centers CHAOS? You probably don't have a simple easy framework! The best way is to use this easy centers framework for learning centers: keep it stink’n simple! KISS your worries goodbye with this easy centers framework and watch your math and literacy centers blossom! SHOW NOTES and LINKS

Variety is the spice of life. When we are teaching students, we are teaching individual people who happen to be in the same room. All of these little individuals have their own learning style, and it’s our job to reach all of them to the best of our ability. How can we cater to all of their needs at once? Math and literacy centers are a great way to enhance student learning and reach a variety of...

2020 was CRAZY YALL!  But we are back with Season 3 and ready to rock 2021!  Come listen in as I share what is in store for you here at the Teaching Made Easy podcast!

Math, the four-letter word that can have some students running for the bathroom, the nurse’s office, or anywhere to escape. Math can be one of the hardest subjects in school for students. Because it can be difficult for students, we need to find fun ways to make it stick! Easy kindergarten math games will have your students ready to add, subtract, and multiply in no time! SHOW NOTES

Literacy, a piece of education that shows up in all the subjects we teach. From English class to story problems in math literacy is literally everywhere in education. When students struggle to read, it can make several other tasks difficult to do as well. How do we build strong literacy skills in our students to help them embrace their learning instead of struggling with the words? Here are six ea...

Differentiation is a big word in the world of education. But what does this mean? In a nutshell, this “big word” means you are thinking of all of your students’ individual needs as well as the needs of the whole group. Differentiation is the process all teachers go through with all of their students but especially their special needs students. When you work with special needs students, you get to...

Classroom assistants are literal angels sent down from the superintendent or principal as a gift to you. Having an extra pair of eyes, ears, and hands in the classroom can be a Godsend! If you’ve never had a classroom assistant before or tend to be a bit of a control freak, you might not know what to do with your classroom assistant. Check out seven things you can have your classroom assistant do...

When a kindergartener walks into the classroom, what kind of reading skills do expect them to have? From the time they were born all the way through preschool, students have been developing literacy skills. While they may not be able to read and write per se, they do have some level of emergent literacy skill developed before you even show them that first sight word. SHOW NOTES AND LINKS

When we are in our classroom, it’s “us against the world.” There are times in the classroom when we have too many questions to answer, but if we have a good teaching aid to reference, the number of students who need help might go down. Teaching aids are great to have around the room, in special binders, in centers, and on the walls.  In addition to the students needing help, the teacher might...