Candace Teaching Things

How was Thanksgiving? Mine was divine - full of yummy food and relaxing. Did you shop on  Black Friday? We poked around Wal-mart but I didn't want to wait in the check-out lines. So we came back the next day and were still able to get the deals! At our Wal-mart, they had a set of 30 sharpies for just $10.  Speaking of deals - be sure to check out Teachers Pay Teachers for Cyber Sales on November 27th and 28th. You can find great deals at my store as well! Just click below to see! Candace Teaching Things With Thanksgiving weekend winding down, I can't help being excited for winter activities. It always seems to be a joyous time for the students as well and there are many ways to incorporate winter into the classroom. One tradition I love in winter is making snowflakes. It hasn't snowed here yet, but as soon as it snows the snowflake fun begins. Here is what this looks like in my classroom: 1. We read lots of books about snow. I like to read non-fiction

Thanksgiving is just around the corner! What are some traditions you do with your students to celebrate? Every year, it has been a tradition in our Kindergarten class to hold a Thanksgiving Feast. This was done for many years even before I joined the Kindergarten team. I have come to love having a feast.  Here's a look at what this tradition entails in my classroom: 1. We bring the tables together to form one long table and cover them with orange or brown butcher paper. We all sit around the table together. The day before we make name tags and then I put the students next to kids they don't normally sit by.  It is a great way to build class community and celebrate this holiday.  2. The kids love bringing something to share with the class. It's usually finger foods like cheese sticks, pretzels, apple slices, etc. However, at one school I taught at, they did actual Thanksgiving food which was a lot more preparation for teachers and parents. So,

Yoga in the classroom? While student teaching, my mentor teacher had a time each week when the 4th graders would push the desks to one side of the room and get out yoga mats for a yoga session. I loved it and the kids loved it. At home, I do yoga pretty regularly and I have loved the benefits of feeling better, more relaxed and less stressed. Why not share this with students? It has benefits for them! Kids need to be taught ways to calm themselves down and yoga is one way they can do that. When I began teaching Kindergarten, I wanted to include yoga in my classroom but I do it a little differently from my mentor teacher since Kindergarteners are quite different from 4th graders. Here are some things that I have done in my own classroom to share yoga with students. 1. Yoga sessions. I don't do full on yoga sessions very often - maybe once a month or close to a holiday when I know students can get hyped up easily. I find different kids yoga videos on youtube. You can find grea

Hello! This is the start of my new teaching blog. To start off, I want to give a purpose for my blog and also give a little introduction of myself. First and foremost, I am a teacher and like most teachers, I love to collaborate. For me, it helps so much to see what other teachers are doing and what is working for them. It helps inspire me to be a better teacher and to try new things. With that being said, I have a desire to share what I have tried and what has worked for me. I want to be part of the collaboration. SO this is my purpose in creating this blog - to share my ideas with fellow teachers. Now on to my introduction :) I have been teaching for 6 years. During that time, I taught Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade and have been a Spanish Immersion teacher in Kinder and 1st. I have also been a substitute teacher when going through a big move! I often get asked which grade is my favorite to teach and I can't ever pick. Each grade is unique and I have great memories f