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Mrs. Munch's Munchkins

A blog to give teachers ideas and tools that make teaching easier

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Hi teacher friend! My name is Melody Munch. I taught 2nd grade for 8 years and am currently serving teachers through full time resource creation. I’m so happy you’re here! My goal is to inspire and empower educators to be their very best. I do this by offering ideas and resources on classroom management, student engagement, and forming relationships. My mission is to make it easier than ever for YOU to make memories in the classroom and be the BEST TEACHER EVER. So, let’s get started! Take a look around!

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Hi teacher friend! My name is Melody Munch. I taught 2nd grade for 8 years and am currently serving teachers through full time resource creation. Here you'll find ideas to help you create classroom memories and teach with ease. Enjoy looking around, I’m so happy you're here!

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Effortless Ideas for End the Year with a Bang

Summer is on its way, and everyone in the classroom can feel it. Help those last days fly by with this fun countdown to end the school year! It’s time to end the year with a bang!

How to Start Slides in the Classroom

Ever feel like your day in the classroom is a bit, scrambled? It happens to us all. The best laid plans just don’t always play out as we hoped. However, there is a way to avoid this. Using Daily Slides with your class can dramatically improve the flow of your day, amongst bettering other areas […]

End of Year Awards for Elementary Students

Hands down, my favorite Last Day of School tradition is our End of Year Awards Ceremony. I lay out the red (butcher paper) carpet, turn on the disco lights, cue the Hollywood Award Show music, and grab my microphone for announcing each student’s name. It’s a massive hit. And it just feels right as a […]

Make a Memorable Café Classroom Transformation Day!

Ready for the most memorable day of the year?! Transform your classroom into a café for the day with the Learning Café resource and watch your student excitement and engagement abound! Below I’m telling you all the details and resources I use to make this day a success.

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📓Let’s Make Memories in the Classroom!
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I wish my students knew...✨This is a letter your I wish my students knew...✨This is a letter your students will treasure🤍It’s a little way to let them know how much you care! 

Throwback to when I bawled my eyes out in front of them as you can see here 😭 but I think they were all touched by the emotion. 

After reading my letter, I gave students the option to write a note back to me or to the class as a whole. They were so thoughtful and precious!

This simple activity filled my heart and felt perfect for the end of the school year. 🤍

If you’d like these templates, you can find them as a part of my “end the year letters” set in my TPT store. 

Comment the word “letter” you would like the link! 💌

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It’s almost time for a new chapter to begin 📖 It’s almost time for a new chapter to begin 📖 but first, let’s reflect on the one we’re finishing! 

This is the perfect craft for the last week of school. 🥹👏🏽 Comment “craft” if you’d like the link! 🔗 

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Sending them into summer in style 😎☀️ This Sending them into summer in style 😎☀️ This easy EOY gift is always a hit!

There are sooo many great & simple gift options out there, so we updated the gift pack to give you 17 tags to choose from. 😅 Be sure to redownload it if you already own it! 

I also love including a personalized farewell letter for each student + a summer post card so they can keep in touch! 💌

All of these things can be found in my EOY bundle! Comment “gift” and I’ll send all the links. 🔗 

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Cost $1 per student and easy to put together! 👏 Cost $1 per student and easy to put together! 👏🏽🎉🫶🏼 Comment “gift” for the links! 🔗 

If I could only gift students one thing from this video, it would be their farewell letter! 💌 So many families tell me their child cherishes this for years to come! 🥹

I love throwing in an inexpensive tangible gift as well. The sunglasses come  in a big pack on Amazon (I’ll link for you) that is only $17 for a 24 pack! 🕶️This is how I’m able to keep the cost so low. 💛 

Happy end of the year to you!

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