Ms. B's Hive

TEACHER HACK: If you don't stay late you'll get to spend more time with your dog or at and ! Seriously though, you may not come back to school with EVERY little thing done but, you deserve a break.

Teacher Hack!

Make sure to be placed in a classroom without cell phone reception or a phone. You won't be able to receive parent or admin phone calls.

*Disclaimer* The messages do not just disappear... They show up when you get home... I'm speaking from experience 😒😭

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If you haven’t read Sulwe yet, I highly suggest it! My students were genuinely invested throughout the entire story. They felt representation through different skin shades, culture, and struggles with self love. Thank you for bringing that light into my classroom today @lupitanyongo ❤️ You have no idea how much of an impact you made. #sulwe #diversechildrensbooks #diversebooksforkids #diversebeauty #teachersofinstagram #teacherlife #blackhistorymonth #february #diversity #lupitanyongo #childrensbooks

Volcano mix is a super easy and cheap Valentine's Day treat! Just add baking soda and glitter to a Ziploc bag.

Click the link to score these FREE Valentine's Day tags! ❤️

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I love teaching about Ruby Bridges! She is an inspiration to everyone ❤️

Who is your favorite Black History Month inspiring individual? (I have a looooong list!)

Conquered my fear of mascots so I could show my kids who I met 😂❤️

Enjoying my week at the TCEA Convention!

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⭐️ 1st GRADE FREEBIE ALERT! ⭐️

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Always working… 😅❤️

💌 Keep an eye out for my No Prep Valentine goodies coming out this week!!

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Tired of having to use multiple books to teach ONE HMH lesson? Check out these hassle-free, completely editable, scripted guide slides for every 1st-grade HMH Into Reading lesson!

I promise this will change your life and help you regain your sanity! ❤️

HMH Into Reading 1st Grade Guided Teaching Slides GROWING BUNDLE Your HMH headaches belong in 2020. Leave them there and try this!Tired of having to use multiple books to teach ONE HMH lesson? Me too.... That is why I created hassle free, scripted PowerPoint slides for each lesson. *Extremely user friendly - even for the technology haters! All you have to do is c...

Here are 10 things I wish I was given a heads up on before I started teaching:

1. Class birthday parties with the bright, store bought cupcakes. Bonus if it includes a cheap plastic ring on top that the kids immediately dig out of the icing. No amount of college will prepare you for the moment you watch a kid drop their cupcake, icing first, on the floor and then accidentally step on it.....
2. Multiple students with the same birthday that, nonetheless, fall on the same day as a class holiday party. So. Many. Cupcakes. 🤢
3. How to get used to finding brightly colored cupcake icing EVERYWHERE, including your nightmares, for the next 30+ years....
4. Wet paper towels can heal fatal injuries including, but not limited to, broken spines, paper cuts, heart attacks, and invisible bugs crawling on your face.
5. How to quickly put together a makeshift funeral for a deceased bird/insect near the playground.
6. How to handle the inconsolable children from said funeral. This won’t be from the animal actually dying but because you wouldn’t let them touch it afterwards.
7. How to maintain an appropriate facial expression when a student shows you the lizard they stuffed in their backpack at daycare a few days prior.
8. How to explain that a wet paper towel can’t bring the lizard back to life because it only works on humans..... (🥺)......
9. How to stop yourself from uncontrollably sobbing after reading “Oh The Places You’ll Go” to your kids and realizing how much they’ve grown since the beginning of the year.....
And, finally, #10. You’ll find some form of cupcake icing remnants as you pack for summer break and, oddly, it will comfort you. First, you’ll roll your eyes because you told them a billion times to be careful/food goes in your mouth and not on your friends or the floor 🙄 but then, you will find yourself smiling about how excited they were that day. You’ll remember the uncontrollable laughter, tears shed, fatal injuries healed, accomplishments made after several disappointments, and much needed hugs given/received.
This job isn’t for the faint of heart. You’ll have days where you wonder how you’re going to make it through the day without crying into your huge tumbler of Dr. Pepper. The kids will either get crazier, offer you a wet paper towel, or do something funny that will make you forget about everything else. You will then find cupcake icing 😅🙃🙄.