DoubleDutyTeachers

            So you're a new teacher- congratulations! Get ready for the most rewarding, and maybe most difficult thing you've ever done. But, to make it a little easier, we've come up with a list of essentials you'll want to start your career on the right foot!  Picture Books     Check out our blog post on picture books every classroom needs! No matter the grade you teach, picture books are great for teaching social-emotional lessons as well as mini ELA lessons.  Rug     A rug is the heart of the classroom- whether you teach kindergarten or 5th grade. But, the kind of rug could make a difference. If you're teaching K-2, you'll probably want a rug that has separate spaces for each students. For example, squares, numbers, or circles you can assign to each student. My first year of teaching 2nd grade, my students would argue every time they went to the rug because they wanted to sit in the front. Eventually, I bought a rug with squares and assigned them spots- this