Blog - The Elementary Darling

Using Bloomz in the classroom!

Hello Friends! Who wants to learn about the newest and most convenient way to keep up with the parents of your students for next year?!?! Me! I learned about this through some internet searching and signed up quickly. I was a huge Remind (formerly remind 101) fan but I have been converted! **I may still use remind, but so far, Bloomz has everything that Remind has and more. I went ahead and made one of my parents from next year sign up so we could explore it together. She recently left the classroom but looked it over as a teacher and mom :) ... read more

TPT Seller Challenge: Dare to Dream

Hey guys I am linking up with the lovely ladies hosting the TPT seller challenge and this week is all about Daring to Dream!My dreams are fairly simple (yet expensive) :)1. I want to pay off an old credit card that is closed! It houses a lot of my college debt and I want it gone! I would feel so much better and it is my first debt that I want to tackle. 2. I would love to build my dream house! I want all the pinteresty things that I see and pin. I want a room for my dogs :), a craft room/office, and a room for all my future kids.3. A dream ... read more

Math Groups 2015

Hey Guys! This summer I presented a professional development on my math groups for my county. Some of my sweet friends on Instagram (@theelementarydarling) have asked me to post my math group information on my blog! Here it is, all million words of it. It can be hard to follow, and you have to remember that this was a full day professional development where I worked with teachers who taught Pre-K all the way to 6th grade! I had a blast, and had a fabulous group of educators to work with! I am going to try and walk you through everything. ... read more

Weekly Organization Link

Hi friends and Welcome Back! I am excited for you to be joining our linky party. Today I am goingto show you the way I keep our base ten blocks organized. I am linking up with our collaborative blog, The Primary Peach for our weekly Organizational Tips and Tools Linky party!I bought these online from the dollar tree. They came in a set of 30 and I had them shipped right to the store so I wouldn't have to pay for shipping. You could definitely share with your teacher B.F.F. if you only wanted a few. I love these and they make it easy for each ... read more

Group Organization

Hi friends and Happy Summer! I am hoping that you are having fun on your days off! I am sure you are still pinning away looking for ideas for next year like I am. (I call it pinterest sickness.) So today I am going to show you the BEST way I keep my students organized. I am linking up with our collaborative blog, The Primary Peach for our weekly Organizational Tips and Tools Linky party!GET EXCITED FRIENDS!The way that I keep my students organized is my group organization station. Each group has a station where I keep a trash can, all of their ... read more

The Primary Peach…A Georgia teaching blog!

I am so excited to be a part of a new Georgia Collaborative teaching blog, The Primary Peach!I am joining about 30 other Georgia Elementary School bloggers to create an exclusive, collaborative blog chock FULL of tips and treats just for Georgia teachers!!! I'd like for you to meet.... For our first blog hop, we are treating YOU to a lot of ... read more