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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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Everything you need for the 100th day of school! 💯 Everything you need for the 100th day of school! 💯🎉🥳 Comment “100” for the link to this pack!

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Need plans for the 100th day of school?! 📚✏️💯 Look Need plans for the 100th day of school?! 📚✏️💯 Look no further! 👏🏽👏🏽

This pack took me a hot minute because I couldn’t stop thinking of more ideas to add! 🤭😅👏🏽 I hope you’ll love all these fun but academic stations! 

Options are best set for 1st-3rd graders. 

Comment “100” to learn more details! 🎉

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It’s about time for FOOTBALL DAY! 🏈 Aka the most f It’s about time for FOOTBALL DAY! 🏈 Aka the most fun day of learning that students will never forget! 

I’ll admit, I’m not the biggest football fan…🤭😬However, I’m a BIG fan of this themed learning day, & all my students were, too! 

One year I had a class full of boys who played football (yes, even in 2nd grade! It’s a big deal here in Oklahoma.) They were so passionate about the sport, they inspired me to make this learning day out of it! Now I can’t imagine going a year without it! 

Comment “football” and I’ll sent you the link to my premade activities on TPT + more info & my shopping list for this day!

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Happy 100 Days of School! 🎉👏🏽🥳💯 Your class will lo Happy 100 Days of School! 🎉👏🏽🥳💯 Your class will love these premade learning activities, and you will too! 

Everything you need from math, ELA, and STEM activities are included! Google slides to guide you and the class through the entire day & extra time activity options are inside as well! We thought of everything so you don’t have to 🤭😉💕

Comment “100” below and I’ll send it your way! 

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