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Fair Winds Teaching Ahoy there Matey! My name is Captain Casey Jeffers and I started this blog during my first year teach
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09/06/2026

✨ TEACHER TOOLS PART 36 ✨

A timer that gives out a STICKER when time is up?! 🤯⭐️

This sticker timer might be my new favorite classroom motivation tool! Set the timer, give your students a task, and let them race the clock. When the countdown ends… out comes their sticker! 🙌

I can already think of SO many ways to use this:
⏰ Classroom clean-up
✏️ Independent work
🎒 Packing up
🔄 Transitions
📚 Small groups
🧹 Classroom jobs

Sometimes a tiny reward is all it takes to make a routine feel like a GAME! 👏

Would your students be obsessed with this?! 👇

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09/02/2026

Back-to-school prep is officially ON! 🍎✏️✨

I’ve teamed up with U Brands to get my classroom organized and ready for a brand-new school year, and I’m taking you along with me!

Join me LIVE on Amazon this Sunday, September 6th at 10 AM EST for a Back-to-School Get Ready With Me! 🎉

I’ll be using some of my favorite U Brands finds to:
✨ Prep and organize my IEP notebook
✨ Set up my student marker station
✨ Get our dry erase boards ready
✨ Organize classroom supplies
✨ Set up bulletin and cork board spaces
✨ And tackle even more of my back-to-school to-do list!

If you’re a teacher getting ready for the new year, come hang out, prep with me, and check out all of the U Brands finds I’m using along the way! 💕📚

📅 Sunday, September 6th
⏰ 10 AM EST
📍 LIVE on Amazon

Save this post so you don’t forget! 🙌 and ✨ Comment UBRAND to grab the link now of their entire collection, make sure to be following me to get the DM ✨  

Back-to-school season means pulling out ALL of my classroom must-haves! 🍎✏️📚 These are a few resources I come back to ye...
08/21/2026

Back-to-school season means pulling out ALL of my classroom must-haves! 🍎✏️📚 These are a few resources I come back to year after year to help with classroom management, routines, and making our days run just a little smoother!

📣 Monthly Callbacks — fun, seasonal ways to grab your students’ attention all year long!
🎯 Procedures & Rules Bingo — a fun way to teach AND review classroom expectations.
🙋‍♀️ Blurt Chart — because learning when to raise our hand instead of calling out is a BIG part of building our classroom community!
🎡 Prize Wheel Cards — an easy and exciting way for students to earn rewards for making great choices and doing their best!

Want to grab these for your classroom? 💕 Comment “BTS” and I’ll send you the links! You can also find even more back-to-school resources in my TPT store!

Year 18! ✏️ 🖍️ 📝 ✨ What year are you starting??!
08/20/2026

Year 18! ✏️ 🖍️ 📝 ✨

What year are you starting??!

📚✏️ The easiest way to keep student journals organized ALL year long! ✏️📚These editable Composition Book Covers + Journa...
08/16/2026

📚✏️ The easiest way to keep student journals organized ALL year long! ✏️📚

These editable Composition Book Covers + Journal Tabs are seriously a game changer in my first grade classroom! 🙌

There are covers for:
✨ Writing
📖 Reading
🔤 Word Study
➕ Math
🎨 Coloring Book
🖍️ Arts Integration
🔬 Science
🌎 Social Studies

The best part? The tabs are editable, so you can completely customize how you organize each journal to fit YOUR classroom and curriculum. Add sections, change the wording, and set them up exactly how you need them!

I teach first grade, and having everything clearly divided and easy for students to find makes such a difference. Less time flipping through pages trying to find where we left off = more time actually learning! 🙌

Such a simple way to set your students up for success from the very beginning of the year! 💕📓

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🚨 TARGET RESTOCK ALERT! 🚨Teachers, RUN! 🏃‍♀️💨 Target restocked the adorable hashtag building blocks and they make the CU...
08/14/2026

🚨 TARGET RESTOCK ALERT! 🚨

Teachers, RUN! 🏃‍♀️💨 Target restocked the adorable hashtag building blocks and they make the CUTEST little student gifts! 🌈

I originally used these for my end-of-year gifts, but my TPT resource also includes a Back to School option—perfect for Open House, Meet the Teacher Night, or a fun surprise waiting on students’ desks on the first day! ✏️🍎

Just add the printable tag, some hashtag blocks, Play-Doh or another little treat, and you have an easy, affordable gift that students can actually PLAY with! 🙌

✨ The building challenge on the tag makes it even more fun!

Grab the hashtag blocks at Target while they’re back in stock, and grab the printable tags from my TPT store! 💕

✨ Comment HASHTAGS to grab the link now, make sure to be following me to get the DM ✨

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-the-Year-Gift-Tags-Building-Blocks-Hand-Sanitizers-Pens--8159843

08/11/2026

✨ IN MY PRE-K ERA ✨

I had to make my daughter’s first day of Pre-K extra special, so of course I turned our door into the cutest little photo backdrop! 🥹💜 And yes… this is the same “In My ___ Era” bulletin board set I use in my own classroom!

The best part? I designed this resource so you can use it for ANY grade level or subject! 🍎✏️ Whether you’re in your Pre-K Era, First Grade Era, Middle School Era, Math Era, Reading Era—or you switch grades next year—you can simply change it out and use it again!

Perfect for:
✨ Classroom doors
✨ Bulletin boards
✨ Back-to-school displays
✨ First day of school photos
✨ Year-round classroom decor

💬 Comment “ERA” and I’ll send you the link to grab it from my TPT store!

08/10/2026

📚✨ 12 READ ALOUDS. 12 READY-TO-GO LESSONS. ONE LESS THING TO PLAN. 🙌

The first few weeks of school are about SO much more than academics! We’re building our classroom community, practicing expectations, learning routines, talking about kindness, making good choices… and trying to squeeze it ALL in. 😅

That’s exactly why I created my Back to School Read Aloud Lesson Bundle! 🍎📖

It includes 12 back-to-school read aloud lessons + activities that are ready to PRINT & GO! 🖨️✨ Pair them with some of your favorite back-to-school books to help:

✏️ Teach classroom & school expectations
💛 Build character and kindness
🤝 Create a strong classroom community
🏫 Practice routines and positive choices
📚 Make those first couple weeks of school a little easier!

Because if the read aloud AND the lesson are already planned… that’s one less thing on your back-to-school to-do list! 🙌

✨ Comment READ ALOUD and I’ll send you the link! ✨

✨ One of my favorite classroom organization hacks! ✨If you’ve ever struggled with where to keep all of those seasonal, h...
08/07/2026

✨ One of my favorite classroom organization hacks! ✨

If you’ve ever struggled with where to keep all of those seasonal, holiday, and special celebration books that don’t belong in your students’ book boxes, these shelf markers are the solution!

I use mine to organize my teacher book collection by time of year, making it so easy to grab exactly what I need when I switch out my classroom book display. 🍎🎃❄️🌸 From Back to School and Halloween to Valentine’s Day, Earth Day, and everything in between, every book has a home.

No more digging through random stacks or bins trying to find that one book you know you have! 🙌

Swipe through to see how I organize my shelves, then comment SHELVES and I’ll send you the link!

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