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🍂 NEW Fall Narrative Writing Activity! 🍁What would your students do if they were walking through a pile of crunchy leave...
09/07/2026

🍂 NEW Fall Narrative Writing Activity! 🍁

What would your students do if they were walking through a pile of crunchy leaves and suddenly heard one say, “HEY! Watch where you’re stepping!” 😲🍂

The Day the Leaves Began Talking is a fun fall narrative writing activity that guides students through the entire writing process!

✏️ Story planning
🍁 Beginning, middle & end organizer
✏️ Sentence starters
🍁 Drafting pages
✏️ Publishing options
🍁 Revising & editing checklist

Perfect for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade and an easy way to bring a little fall creativity into your writing block! 🧡

🍂 Grab it now in my TPT store -- Link is in the comments!

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day, teachers! 🍎🇺🇸

Today’s lesson plans include:
☕ Drink coffee while it’s actually hot
📺 Watch something that has absolutely nothing to do with school
🛋️ Sit down for longer than 4 minutes
📚 Try NOT to think about tomorrow
😂 Pretend the school bag in the corner doesn’t exist

Your turn: Are you doing schoolwork today?
❤️ = Absolutely NOT
😂 = I told myself I wouldn’t… but here we are

Enjoy your day, teacher friends. You deserve the break! ❤️

09/06/2026

Sunday nights as a teacher are such a mix of feeling prepared…and suddenly remembering you forgot to make copies. 😳😂

Maybe your plans are done. Maybe there’s still a stack of papers in your bag. Or maybe you chose to actually rest this weekend and the school stuff can wait. 💛

Just a reminder: you don’t have to use every free moment to be a good teacher. Rest matters too. 🍎

Here’s to a fresh week ahead. ❤️

🍎 Looking for a fun fall writing project that goes beyond another worksheet?In this Design Your Own Apple Orchard activi...
09/06/2026

🍎 Looking for a fun fall writing project that goes beyond another worksheet?

In this Design Your Own Apple Orchard activity, students get to use their creativity while practicing descriptive writing! 🍂✏️

Students will:
🍏 Invent their own apple varieties
🗺️ Design a map of their perfect orchard
👀 Brainstorm sensory details using the five senses
🪧 Create an orchard sign
🥧 Design a cafe menu
📣 Advertise their orchard
✏️ Draft, revise, edit, and publish a descriptive writing piece

It’s a fun way to combine writing + creativity + fall and is perfect for 2nd–4th grade!

🍎 Great for September or October writing, apple units, writing centers, or a multi-day fall project.

Grab it here on TPT! 👇
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Design-Your-Own-Apple-Orchard-Fall-Descriptive-Writing-Project-2nd4th-Grade-17587357

🍂 Save it now for apple season!

09/06/2026

Me: gives the most detailed, step-by-step directions possible

My students: 🐦🎶✨

Followed immediately by…

“Wait… what are we supposed to do?” 😂

Every. Single. Time.

Please tell me I’m not the only teacher who gives directions just to realize approximately 3 people were listening. 😭😂

09/05/2026

Okay elementary teachers, I have a question… 👀

If someone handed you $500 RIGHT NOW and said: “You have to spend this on your classroom.”

What are you buying first?! 💸😂

📚 Books?
🪑 Flexible seating?
✏️ Supplies?
🧺 Classroom organization?
☕ A really, really nice coffee maker? 😂

Tell me what’s going in your cart! 👇

09/05/2026

It’s the little teacher wins that make the biggest difference. 🍎✨ What’s a classroom win that always makes your day? 👇

09/04/2026

🍎 FRIDAY TEACHER TIP!
Before you leave school today, take 5 minutes and do ONE thing that Monday-you will appreciate.

✨ Make your Monday copies
✨ Straighten your teacher table or desk
✨ Write Monday’s morning message
✨ Set out the first activity for Monday
✨ Refill your emergency snack drawer 😂

You do NOT have to have everything perfectly ready before you leave. Just do one little thing that makes Monday morning easier. ❤️
What’s one thing you always try to do before leaving on Friday?

09/03/2026

There’s a special kind of tired that only exists at the beginning of a school year. 😅🍎

- You’re learning 25+ little personalities.
- Repeating procedures for the 47th time.
- Trying to remember dismissal changes.
- Answering emails.
- Planning lessons.
- Making copies.
- And somehow still trying to remember where you set down your coffee. ☕😂

If you’re coming home completely exhausted right now, you’re definitely not the only one. The beginning of the year is A LOT. Give yourself some grace. The routines will come. The classroom will settle. And eventually, you won’t have to explain how to turn in a paper 14 times before lunch. 😂

You’re doing better than you think. 💛

09/02/2026

🍎 Teacher check-in! We’re officially in September… so I need to know: How are we doing, teachers? 😂

👍 Thriving
❤️ Surviving on caffeine
😂 What day is it?
🤪 A little bit of all three

Drop your answer below! 👇

And if you’re an elementary teacher, follow along! I’m sharing classroom ideas, teacher tips, resources, and plenty of teacher humor to help us get through the school year together. ❤️

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