May Desktop Calendar

Hey there! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower?  I’m here with another desktop calendar for you.  I’m so happy April is here!  We’re moving this month, and I can’t believe April has finally arrived.

The graphics are from Bloomsical, and they are gorgeous!

Happy May!

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April Desktop Calendar

Hey there! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower?  I’m here with another desktop calendar for you.  I’m so happy April is here!  We’re moving this month, and I can’t believe April has finally arrived.

The graphics are from Elan Graphics.  I love how clean and pretty they are.

Enjoy!

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March Desktop Calendar

Hey there! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower?  I’m here with another desktop calendar for you.  I’m so happy March is here!  I’m ready to move out of my darker winter clothes and dive into some springtime cheer.

This gorgeous bicycle graphic is from Amanda Ilkov, and it’s simply beautiful.

Enjoy!

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February Desktop Calendar

Hey there! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower?  I’m here with another desktop calendar for you.  I {LOVE} Valentines Day.  It’s one of my all time favorite holidays.  Candy, flowers, and showing love?  Check, check, and check.

This gorgeous LOVE graphic is by Easy Print PD, and it’s just beautiful.  I hope this gives you a little happy each time you look at your computer screen this month.

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January Desktop Calendar

Hey there! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower?  I’m here with another desktop calendar for you.  I hope you have a wonderful new year full of adventure and surprises as well as time to rest and relax.

These gorgeous snowflakes are by Paper Sphinx, and they are beautiful.  Even though it’s January, and this calendar is probably as close to snow as I’ll get this year in Houston.

Enjoy!

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Happy December! Desktop Calendar Freebie

Hey there! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower?  I’m here with another desktop calendar for you.  It’s December which means three weeks of insanity followed by two weeks off!  Here’s hoping everyone makes it to their holiday in good mental health.

This Christmas tree is by Pink Pueblo and is completely GORGEOUS.  As crazy as this time of year can get, it is such a wonderful, magical time.  Happy holidays to you!

Enjoy!

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Happy November! Calendar Freebie

Hey hey! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower? back with another desktop calendar.  It’s November-which means Thanksgiving break quickly followed by Winter break.  It’s a good time of year.  Recovery is in our future my friends.

These absolutely gorgeous watercolor graphics are from France Illustration.  Swoon worthy.  I might need to get that quote tattooed on my heart.  Such a good reminder as we get overwhelmed at this time of year!

Enjoy!

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Happy October! Desktop Calendar

Hey hey! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower?  Y’all were so sweet last month when I shared my September calendar, I decided to create an October one.  Because I’m chronically late, I’m sharing it a week into the month.  Whoops.

Hope this little beauty gives you a happy moment when you sit down to answers a hundred emails and input endless documentation!

The gorgeous fall floral graphics are from Design Lover Studio.  You can visit her Etsy shop to see more graphics!

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September Desktop Calendar

Hey hey! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower? Happy fall, y’all!  That’s pushing it a little here in the Houston area.  Here’s our forecast for next week:

BUT, my little corner in the school is like the Arctic tundra, so I am definitely getting to layer up and play fall.  And that put me in the mood to make something beautiful and fallish.

There’s something about sitting down at the computer after a day of insanity and seeing something pretty waiting there to greet you.  It doesn’t make the crazy go away, but it does make me feel a better about it.

Here’s a little September beauty for your computer screen that I hope will give you a little peace in the middle of this wild and crazy back to school time!

These beautiful graphics are from Fishscraps.  You can visit her Etsy shop to see more of her art work.  When it’s this pretty, I don’t think you can call it clipart.

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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Are you singing the song now?  Maybe have an uncontrollable urge to watch The Sound of Music?

It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Superpower?  With the school year wrapping up (hallelujah!!!), I thought I’d share some of the things I loved using this year:

Hands down, #1.  This app from Junior Learning and the Touchtronic letters are AMAZING.  I enjoyed seeing the kids using them as much as they enjoyed learning with them.  You can read more about the app here.

I scooped these whisper phones up at the beginning of the school year for $2 each.  We used them allllllll year long.  Everyday.  All day.

These fluency passages from Stephanie at Falling into First.  We used these all year long.  This would be a great set to score during the sale.  Just saying.

National Geographic Explorer is so amazing.  The articles are well written, the photographs are amazing, and the magazine is great for teaching main idea and details, summarizing, nonfiction features, schema, pretty much anything you’d want to teach for non-fiction.  You can read what I wrote about them here.

I loved this bulletin board.  It made me happy all year long.  I pretty much (all the way) completely copied it from Rachel at The Tattooed Teacher.

What are some of your favorite things from this year?

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Dear National Geographic, I Love You

Hey y’all! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Super Power? sharing one of my faaaaaavorite reading resources with you.

Isn’t it beautiful?  I started using National Geographic Explorer years ago with my second graders.  This is the classroom edition and not the regular kids edition.  I like it better than some of the other classroom magazines because it’s just articles.  That’s it.  Not little graphs stuck in, comics, random mini articles-just three good, solid articles.  That makes it perfect for reading groups.  And the photography is amazing.

I mean, look at these pictures.  What kid wouldn’t get sucked into these articles?

I order a set of 10 to use with my small groups (that’s the smallest number you can order).  I like them because I can use them differently with my small groups despite the differences in reading ability.  With my second grade friends, I give a lot more support.  We stop and discuss often and spend longer on an article.  With my third grade friends, we can get through an article more quickly and focus on some higher level comprehension skills.  I lead the discussion less and ask more open ended questions.

Each set comes with an extra copy for the teacher, a two sided poster, and an activity for each article.  There are great support resources online, too.  There’s an extensive teacher guide on the website and digital resources available for computers or iPads.

The best part is that the kids love them.  We are reading “Call of the Wildflowers” this week, and they’re already begging to read “Spinosaurs!” next week.  You couldn’t hope for a better response than that!

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Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

Hey hey everyone! It’s Megan from I Teach. What’s Your Super Power?  I’ve got a couple of easy Valentine’s Day treat ideas for you.

I love love love Valentine's Day in elementary school.  Love.  It's one of my favorite holidays by far.  A couple of years ago, I found this idea on a blog I follow.  It was a big hit (especially with my boys!)

                                                                   Source: thecraftingchicks.com via Megan on Pinterest

How hysterical would this be:

on top of a treat bag with one of these in it:

Only $5.25 for 36 from Oriental Trading.  It's a steal. (It says 1 dozen, but look closely because there are three on a card.)  I mustache you to buy some.  I'll stop now.

I found some more super cute Valentine's Day ideas by searching on Pinterest, where else?

                                                             Source: asmallsnippet.blogspot.com via Megan on Pinterest

                                                                 Source: fabulesslyfrugal.com via Megan on Pinterest

I'd recommend putting some Starburst or something similar in this one so all the bus drivers and custodians don't hate you.

                                                                           Source: love-the-day.com via Megan on Pinterest

Feeling inspired?  Here are some printables to use for your own Valentine’s treats.

So, stick some a treat (or a mustache-whatever) in one of these treat bags by Wilton and call it a day.  Michael's & Hobby Lobby have them:

Print out your tags, fold, staple, and you're ready for the big day! Now getting through the day, well, that’s a different story . . . .

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