Jennifer Van Blair is a current third grade teacher. She has taught 3 - 5 grade for 13 years, and has experience with combination based classrooms. She has a Master's in Educational Leadership and a background in natural sciences and outdoor education.
Do you love engaging projects that encourage your students to read? Of course you do? Do you also love classroom transformations? Well, this Fall, encourage classroom reading with the pumpkin book report project. The student packet will guide your 4th - 6th grade students in understanding the book's plot, characters, and theme. The decorating tips will help students make the perfect pumpkin character for the big day. Then, set your classroom up for a wonderful fall transformation as visitors tra
Ready to connect your students and parents with a classroom website? Let me help you get your site up and running What normally would take hours of creating buttons, headers, and sifting through information about how to create a site will take you a fraction of the time with this design kit. You can easily switch out buttons, headers, and links to make your site your own. With over 150 buttons in two different designs (that's well over 300 buttons in all) you will be able to get your site up and
If you're like me, which I bet you are since you are here, you love the rustic farmhouse look. This is a growing bundle, which means as products are added to the theme, the product grows giving you lifetime access no matter when you purchase. Because I use the farmhouse theme in my own classroom, I am always making materials for my own classroom. If you have something in mind, please don't hesitate to ask and I would be more than happy to make it and add it to the bundle.
The perfect addition to a rustically themed classroom, these editable binder covers and spines will bring a sense of unity to all your classroom organization needs. To create the matching font sets with other products, simply set your font style to Kristen ITC. Includes: 1 - 8x10 Binder Covers1 inch binder spines1.5 inch binder spinesand 2 inch binder spinesProducts also in this collection you might also enjoy: Farmhouse Flexible Seating Labelsor keep an eye out for a growing bundle which will r
Getting to know your students is essential to building trust and connecting with them. Yes, you should cultivate those relationships and build that trust through meaningful discussions with your students that are genuine. However, in those first days of school, you can help yourself by getting to know them through a questionnaire that can facilitate discussions as the year goes on. What I like most about this questionnaire is using it to connect your students' interests and experiences in class
NOW WITH DIGITAL REFLECTION SHEETS in GOOGLE SHEETS!Embrace a weekly classroom routine with these mindset poster prompts and weekly reflections. Starting the week with reflection, thoughtfulness, and discussion is a great way to set intentions for the week. As students reflect on the weekly phrase, they will set goals for overcoming challenges in the week that lies ahead. The weekly reflection sheet includes and end of the week reflection on how the week went. Post the posters week by week, or
Communicate with parents at back to school night with this farmhouse themed Back to School Night presentation. All slides are editable and include 14 premade slides as suggestions for talking points in your back to school presentation. However, you can easily add additional slides to meet your school and classroom needs. Suggested slides are: Welcome About ME Daily Schedule School Expectations Classroom Expectations Behavior Management Homework Flexible Seating Technology Book Orders Birthdays
Do you use flexible seating? Are you also a fan of the farmhouse, rustic or shabby chic decor? Me too! That's why I just had to design these delightful labels to accommodate the rustic decor of my classroom and my new flexible seating options. The text boxes are editable in this power point presentation, however the labels and images are not. The 12 different seating options presented are all on a weathered wood label and include editable numbers to accommodate the number of seats you have in y
Manage your classroom and make your job easier with student jobs. These farmhouse themed labels include 32 different jobs in two different options. Plain farmhouse themed labelsFarmhouse themed labels with clip artWhat makes them unique are the editable student markers. Personalize them and build classroom community by making unique student job tags by taking student pictures and popping them into the premade template. Not only will your students love it, but substitutes will too! Jobs include
Building your Google Site and looking for both banners and buttons to capture the spirit of the mountains? This design package is just what you need to create a multi-device friendly site for your classroom and families. Included is =the BANNER size design pictured for any grade level. You can also personalize the banners to fit your specific needs in either Power Point, Google Draw, or Canva (pro-required for transparent buttons). You also get over 150 different buttons in LUMBERJACK PLAID t
Increase parent communication about student daily behavior and with these easy to use behavior management calendars. There are 12 monthly thematic calendars offered in both color and black and white. Want to adjust the theme or behaviors? Included is also an editable version. Add your own clip art to this editable chart, make your own (for personal use, NOT for resale), print and go! This monthly calendar makes reporting student behaviors on report cards or in conferences and SST meetings a ci
These editable rustic farmhouse themed labels fit the 7 drawer desktop organizer by Recollections (found at Michaels). Included is a completely editable set of labels in a rustic farmhouse themed decor. I use these to organize my behavior management tools, but you can use them to suit your classroom needs. Remember, everything has a space, everything is in its place.
Parents want to know how to navigate the digital learning classroom, and you have expectations and information you need to get out to them, but how? This editable Power Point guide is the answer to helping your parents understand the expectations of digital learning, while also giving them the resources they need to be successful. Included is:- Fully editable POWER POINT guide for back to school, DISTANCE LEARNING style - Complete video tutorials to help you record videos, upload videos, inser
Help students set goals this year to improve their reading in a variety of ways with these independent reading tracking sheets and awards. Whether you use a Lexile System and Reading Counts, or the Accelerated Reader system, you can easily record class reading levels, individual student levels, and set quarterly or trimester goals. Keep students on track with delightful bookmarks, and celebrate their successes with the easy to print awards. Whether you are on a quarterly or trimester system, th
The perfect addition to a rustically themed classroom, this classroom calendar will bring a sense of unity to all your classroom organization needs. Includes: 31 - daily calendar cards12 monthly labels2 minimum day labels2 no school labelsProducts also in this collection you might also enjoy: Farmhouse Flexible Seating LabelsFarmhouse Editable Binders and Spinesor keep an eye out for a growing bundle which will receive a new product weekly. Purchase early to lock it in at a lower price. Let's
Do you use flexible seating? Are you also a fan of Buffalo Plaid decor? Me too! That's why I just had to design these delightful labels to accommodate the rustic decor of my classroom and my new flexible seating options. The text boxes are editable in this power point presentation, however the labels and images are not.The 12 different seating options presented are all on either a black and white or red buffalo plaid label and include editable numbers to accommodate the number of seats you have
Perfect classroom library labels for a farmhouse themed classroom, you will find the right label for you whether you use Accelerated Reader, Lexile, or Fountas Pinnell for your library organization system. Each label comes in two different sizes allowing you to choose the right label for your classroom needs. Bring a sense of cohesion to your classroom by carrying out the farmhouse theme even in your own library system. If you like this, you might also like: Independent Reading Currently Readi
Perfect for any farmhouse themed classroom, these 37 growth mindset posters make creating a positive classroom environment that values hard work and effort possible. Display all year, or create a Mindset focus wall with a saying each week, 37 posters allows you to choose the sayings that mean the most to you and your students, or focus on them each week of the school year. If you like this, you might also like: Farmhouse flexible seating labelsFarmhouse Independent reading accountability tagsF
Ready to connect your students and parents with a classroom website? Let me help you get your site up and running What normally would take hours of creating buttons and sifting through information about how to create and link buttons will take you a fraction of the time with this design kit. You can easily switch out buttons to make your site your own. With over 150 buttons in this purple green succulent style, you will be able to get your site up and running. Can't find the button you are looki
Increase classroom cohesion with the rustic farmhouse theme with these independent reading currently reading labels. Print and laminate, or personalize with the completely editable label design. Post is a easily accessed location for student use. Students fill out a post-it with the book they are currently reading, the date they started the book, the Lexile level, and the number of pages. Easily check independent reading choices for appropriate Lexile levels, student progress and monitoring.
Jennifer Van Blair is a current third grade teacher. She has taught 3 - 5 grade for 13 years, and has experience with combination based classrooms. She has a Master's in Educational Leadership and a background in natural sciences and outdoor education.
Teaching style
She enjoys using hands-on learning with regular use of manipulatives, visual learning, models, and student-led exploration. She is inspired by the work of Peter Liljedahl, Jo Boaler, and Carol Dweck.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Contributor to Byrdseed TV creating lessons for GATE classrooms.
My own education history
UC Santa Cruz - Environmental Science and Education
San Jose State - Elementary Education Credential
Upper Iowa University - Masters in Teacher Leadership