DoubleDutyTeachers

          Classroom community is so important to make students feel loved, safe, and happy. We want our students to have a voice in their learning environment and feel respected by their teachers. Here are some ways we build classroom community and ideas for how to adapt them for online learning!    Class Meetings     When we attended the Teach Your Heart Out Conference in 2017, we fell in love with Brittany Root's (@Miss5th) class meetings. We took her base and made it work for our classrooms! On Friday afternoons, we have a class meeting. We choose a class leader to run the meeting. This person is someone who really exemplified great qualities that week. Whether it was picking up trash in the cafeteria when no one asked, or helping a friend with an assignment- we make whatever they did a big deal! Everyone cheers for their classmate when we announce the leader! This person gets the microphone and leads the meeting. This year we added a yard sign that we send home with the class

      These are unprecedented times, especially for modern education. One thing is for sure: More teachers and students will be working from home than ever before. It's important to be comfortable in your own space. But how can we make that possible in a small space on a reasonable budget? We've got some creative ideas for you!     If you are teaching virtually from home, not only is it important to have a space that is "quiet on the set" but it's also beneficial to have a background free from outside distraction. This can be HARD to achieve at home! We wanted to introduce you to Taylor's home work space. This is about a 4 foot section of wall in her spare bedroom. She had some decor hung up, but wanted to spice it up a little more so she took it down in favor of extra bulletin board paper she had from her classroom. Yes, that background is bulletin board paper! It is hung with just a few command strips and made a big impact. This desk was recommended by a fel

         Do you ever find yourself needing to print in color? You go to print and then realize you need to buy more ink. You search Amazon or run to Office Depot and realize it's PRICY. So you decide to just have it printed at Office Depot. 50 cents a print?! That adds up quick when you're printing a new alphabet to hang in your classroom! Well I'm here to save the day because all of those first world problems are a thing of the past thanks to HP Instant Ink!      HP Instant Ink allows you to print as much color or black and white prints as you want for a monthly fee. The monthly fee is based on how much you'd like to print each month, and can be changed at any time (I've got a great hack for you down below). The printer is connected to the internet so when you run low on ink, more is automatically delivered straight to your house, before you even run out! Here is some more information on the program:  https://store.hp.com/us/en/cv/instantink      In order to use th