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
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
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
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
Being a nursing mom in the classroom can be a challenge. Worrying about students or colleagues enter the classroom while you are pumping is put at ease with these simple privacy signs. Whether you have sense of humor, or prefer a simple do not enter sign, you will find that these can put your mind at ease while you are busy pumping in your very own classroom.
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Experience
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