by Teaching and Caffeine | Oct 10, 2021 | Picture Books, read alouds
October is such a fun month! Despite the fact that I’m not a fan of fall, I love October. It’s my birthday month and I like to celebrate all month long! October is also a fun month for picture books! Once again, it was hard to narrow down my list of favorites to just...
by Teaching and Caffeine | Sep 5, 2021 | classroom library, reading
Let me start by saying that the size of your library does not define you or your classroom. As teachers, we all want big, beautiful classroom libraries but that’s hard to do on a small, not so beautiful salary. It’s taken me years and years to build the library that I...
by Teaching and Caffeine | Aug 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
September is always an interesting transition month. Students (and teachers!) are getting settled into the new school year and the summer heat is disappearing as the crisp fall temperatures roll in. While there are tons of fun days in September, it’s also the...
by Teaching and Caffeine | Aug 22, 2021 | Back to School, Classroom Management, classroom organization, Teach
Hi, my name is Chelsea and I’m addicted to Amazon. My mailman calls himself Amazon Don because of all the Amazon packages he delivers to me. I do order a lot of things but in my defense, I also return a lot of things. I have to drop off the returns at the post office...
by Teaching and Caffeine | Aug 15, 2021 | Back to School
It’s hard to believe that summer is ending and we’re getting ready to begin a new school year. I know that not everyone chooses to give gifts to their students and that’s okay! I do so I wanted to share 7 easy and inexpensive back-to-school gifts that my tiny humans...
