Around the Kampfire

Elementary Teaching Blog

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • My Classroom
  • Shop
  • Contact

10 Tips for Going Back to Teaching After Having a Baby

January 24 By Linda Kamp Leave a Comment

Tips for going back to teaching after having a baby

Going back to teaching after having a baby is so tough! Here are 10 tips for going back to teaching that will help you set boundaries and balance work as a new mom. This post was written by Chelsea of Team Around the Kampfire. Chelsea is a third grade teacher who recently had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classroom Management, Popular Posts Tagged With: classroom management, teacher life

15 First Grade Shapes Activities You Haven’t Done Before

January 4 By Linda Kamp Leave a Comment

first grade shapes activities and lesson ideas

Are you looking for some fresh ideas for first grade shapes activities? These shapes activities will get students active, engaged, and having fun throughout your lessons! First grade shapes activities Shapes and geometry are two of my favorite concepts to teach, so I love … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math, Popular Posts Tagged With: anchor charts, first grade, MATH, shapes

My Weekly Phonics Routine in Second Grade

December 20 By Linda Kamp Leave a Comment

2nd Grade weekly phonics routine

Developing routines with our students not only makes the most of our instructional time, but they add structure to our students’ daily activities. Students know what to expect and how to do what is expected. In this post, I’ll explain my weekly phonics routine in second grade and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classroom Management, Phonics, Popular Posts Tagged With: centers, classroom management, literacy, phonics, routines

7 Secrets to Student Independence During Centers

August 16 By Linda Kamp Leave a Comment

article about how to increase student engagement and student independence during centers

As a first-year teacher, I dreaded center time. Mostly because I didn’t yet know that the secret to getting my students to work independently during centers was to train them. I didn’t yet know how to train my students well and I wasn’t consistent. And I was certainly no expert … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Back to School, Classroom Management, Popular Posts Tagged With: centers, classroom management, phonics, student engagement

How to Start Centers at the Beginning of the School Year

July 11 By Linda Kamp 3 Comments

how to start centers at the beginning of the year article with picture of girl doing school work

In this post we’ll cover decisions to make and things to consider as you start centers at the beginning of the school year. Centers and guided reading groups are one of my favorite times of the school day. I love how structured the time is and how smoothly centers can run with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Back to School, Classroom Management, Popular Posts Tagged With: back to school, centers, classroom management, phonics

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 5
  • Next Page »

Welcome!

Welcome!

Let’s Keep in Touch!

  • Bloglovin
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Science Planned for You

science units for second grade

Get Free Posters

Free Science & Engineering practices posters article
end of the school year countdown

Join the Group

office supplies facebook group announcement
free grammar assessments

Search By Subject

Get Help Teaching Science

states of matter books for kids

18 Awesome States of Matter Books for Kids

plant life cycle books for kids

14 Best Plant Life Cycle Books for Kids

books for teaching about the butterfly life cycle

21 Butterfly Life Cycle Books For Kids

landslide science experiment to teach fast Earth changes

Landslide Science Experiment to Teach Fast Earth Changes

Topographic map landforms activity

Topographic Map Landforms Activity for Kids

article on how to see a plant produce oxygen photosynthesis science experiment

Breathing Leaves Photosynthesis Experiment for Kids

Copyright © 2022 // Design by Laugh Eat Learn // Theme by Genesis Framework