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Organized Classroom = Organized Mind
Ask yourself these questions to clear out your cluttered, counterproductive classroom. You'll love the peace of mind that comes with an organized classroom.

Free and Effective Classroom Rewards
Don't spend your hard-earned money buying little material rewards for your students. See how you can spend nothing and get a whole lot of great behavior in return!

Weekly Newsletter for Parent Communication
By writing a weekly newsletter with your students, you offer a high quality Guided Writing lesson while saving yourself the time and hassle of putting together a newsletter each week.

Class Meetings Help Foster Responsible, Ethical Student Behavior
By holding regular class meetings, you can help maintain a safe and friendly environment for your elementary school students. Class meetings can also be called Community Circle and they really help with student discipline.

The Excellent 11 by Ron Clark
A book review of "The Excellent 11," Ron Clark's follow-up to his wildly popular "Essential 55."

Classroom Jobs for Elementary School Students
Classroom jobs are an easy and fun way to teach kids about responsibility.

Top 8 Reasons Why Non-Teachers Can Never Really Understand Our Job
While teaching is a rich and rewarding profession, there are some unique challenges involved that non-educators could never comprehend. Here, a real classroom teacher confesses some of the aspects of the job that make her wonder if summer vacations are really worth it after all.

The Right Threads = The Right Classroom Atmosphere
Even though "clothing doesn't make the man," every profession has attire guidelines and teaching is no exception - even when the standards aren't explicitly written down.

Back to School Shopping Online
Why not let your fingers do the walking and do some of your back to school shopping online? Here are some of the best site for buying school supplies. Some of them even accept purchase orders from your school!