225 Daily Attendance Questions for your Classroom

Attendance Questions for classroom relationship building

Taking attendance is an essential part of classroom management, but it doesn’t have to be boring or routine. Here is an idea for making attendance more engaging and interactive, all while building relationships. Read more for 225 daily attendance questions for your classroom.

Family and Consumer Science 4 Exciting First Day of School Ideas

family and consumer science first day of school activities

The first day is coming sooner, rather than later. Woof. I teach semester long courses, so I feel like there are two first days in a school year with brand-new kids. One perk? I have the fall semester to try something out and the spring semester to tweak it. Having taught elementary for over ten […]

3 Simple Routines To Transform The Beginning Of Your FACS Class

3 simple routines to transform the beginning of your facs classroom

Maybe you can relate?  Class begins and it appears the circus has arrived and everyone is performing at the same time?  I had taught 14 years before moving to the FACS classroom. 11 of those years in elementary and 3 in 8th grade English. If I could pull a strength from that era, it was […]

Optimizing Classroom Systems for Time Management in a FACS Classroom

creating time management systems to help your family and consumer science classroom

You know the feeling, when you classroom seems choatic and out of control. Your well-planned activity goes awry. And students seem to think they run the show.  Creating strong classroom systems in a Family and Consumer Sciences classroom can make even the toughtest of classes have structure and routine.  Creating systems based on time is […]