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5 Ways to Organise Classroom Escape Room Clues

St Patrick’s Day Activities

How to Teach a Country Research Project

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About me

Hi, I’m Holly and I’m so glad you’re here! I love sharing teaching tips, resources and ideas to help busy teachers like yourself. I’m a former teacher based in the UK and I have 11 years’ classroom experience.

My goal is to create fun and engaging resources to make learning fun and purposeful for students and to save teachers time.

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Do you have a dedicated bulletin board to display Do you have a dedicated bulletin board to display students' work? Celebrating students' achievements is so important, so proudly display your students work on your classroom wall with this super cute Superhero Student Work Bulletin Board!

It includes a 'SUPER WORK' pennant, superhero-themed praise call outs, and editable PowerPoint name tags. All that needs to be added is your students' work! The best part is, you can keep it up all year long, simply change your students' work throughout the year to keep it fresh for a time-saving all year round display!

My top tip would be to put it on a black backing to really make it pop! Grab it in the link below:

🔗 www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Superhero-Bulletin-Board-Student-Work-Set-1983962

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For those of you whose school year has already end For those of you whose school year has already ended, I hope you are enjoying your summer 🌞🏝⛱

There are so many free or low-cost activities you can do to de-stress and unwind after a busy school year. Read my top 10 cheap and simple activities you can do to make the most of your summer that won't break the bank! Many can be done at home or in your local area.

Copy and paste the link below to read!

🔗 teachwithhollyrachel.com/10-ways-to-relax-this-summer-for-teachers/

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Looking for a simple and fun activity as you count Looking for a simple and fun activity as you count down to summer? Check out my camping themed 2nd Grade escape room all about length! Perfect for measurement review and the ideal activity to develop team work and problem solving skills. As well as paper version, a digital Google Forms version is also included. This is the perfect time saver as it is NO-PREP and completely SELF CHECKING!

Grab it here: https://bit.ly/3wAIkRW

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I love these guided reading task cards for fiction I love these guided reading task cards for fiction texts. They are great to use as question prompts for classroom discussion during reading activities and can be used with any fiction story book. Use them for group reading activities, paired work, independent work or for early finishers. 

Link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Guided-Reading-Task-Cards-Fiction-842024

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Have you tried escape rooms in your classroom? I l Have you tried escape rooms in your classroom? I love them! They are such a fun and engaging way for students to practice skills in just about any area of the curriculum as well build team work and problem solving skills!

In my latest blog post I talk about my top 5 ways to organize classroom escape room clues. Here's a sneak peak:

🔍 Scavenger hunt style
🏞 Posters
🗝 Lock and key
🕵️‍♀️ Clue Holders
🖥 Google Forms

Click on my blog link in the bio to check out the post!

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Try a twist on the traditional Easter egg hunt wit Try a twist on the traditional Easter egg hunt with an Easter classroom escape room! Students find the missing Easter eggs by solving the 2D shape puzzles. Great for developing team work and perfect for geometry skills practice and topic review. Paper and digital Google Forms versions included. Link in bio.

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All resources in my TpT store are 25% off today an All resources in my TpT store are 25% off today and tomorrow in the TpT sitewide sale! Use the code FEBSALE22 to grab a great deal! 

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Get ready for Valentine's Day with this super cute Get ready for Valentine's Day with this super cute FREE wordsearch your students will love! 18 Valentine's themed words and answers included.

Search my Teachers Pay Teachers store or use the link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Word-Search-4354835

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