Category Archives: Uncategorized

Something Cozy by Brittany

Hi! I’m Brittany! I’m a seventh-grade English teacher and a passionate crafter. I’ve been teaching middle school for nine years, and I absolutely love it. One of my favorite parts of teaching is designing engaging lessons and finding creative ways to get my students excited about reading and writing. Over time, I’ve also developed aContinue reading “Something Cozy by Brittany”

America Runs on Reading: Room Transformation

Another post, another room transformation. My favorite lessons are always when I blend something that my students and I love with our content. In this case, it was Dunkin’ Donuts. In the summer of 2020, I found myself anticipating what the year would look like/how it would feel/what I would do. In the midst ofContinue reading “America Runs on Reading: Room Transformation”

Teacher Interview Tips

Going on interviews can be a very stressful and nerve-wracking experience. The best way to eliminate the stressors and feel confident in yourself as a teacher is to prepare in advance. I have mapped out all of my interview tips for new teachers to help you prepare. My degree is in secondary English education soContinue reading “Teacher Interview Tips”

Create Your Own Bulletin Board Letters in Google Slides

One of the best and easiest ways to personalize areas of your classroom is through your bulletin boards. You can purchase your own letters at teacher stores, dollar stores, and even Target or Walmart around the beginning of the school year. However, this can get pricey and sometimes there are not a lot of optionsContinue reading “Create Your Own Bulletin Board Letters in Google Slides”

Room Transformation: Starbooks

Are you looking for a way to engage your students and provide them with a lesson they won’t forget? While scrolling through teacher instagrams and reading “The Wild Card” by Hope and Wade King, it seems that room transformations are one of the most common ways to enhance a lesson. Before this year, I hadContinue reading “Room Transformation: Starbooks”

Spicing Up Your Google Slides and Presentations

If you’re anything like me, you probably get very tired of looking at the same thing over and over and feel very impacted by your surroundings. As a secondary teacher, I teach the same lesson multiple times a day so it’s important to me that they’re presented in a way that is visually appealing. IContinue reading “Spicing Up Your Google Slides and Presentations”

The Top 5 Best Books for YA Readers

One of the best parts of teaching middle school language arts is helping your middle schoolers find books they love. I am lucky to work in a district that believes in student choice in reading and allows students to have ownership over the books they read in class. It’s one of my favorite parts aboutContinue reading “The Top 5 Best Books for YA Readers”

Flexible Seating

Have you wanted to incorporate flexible seating into your classroom? As far as research goes, ‘flexible seating’ has become one of the many educational buzz words over the last few years. There is a lot of research behind flexible seating that claims it helps with student focus and provides students with ownership over their ownContinue reading “Flexible Seating”