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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. 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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We salute you 🫡 Did you get a paid PD or prep da We salute you 🫡 

Did you get a paid PD or prep day before heading back to school!? I truly believe every district should have this. Teachers need a day to reset before having students! 🫶🏼

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Things that Melt the Teacher’s Heart Bookmarks ❄️🩵 Things that Melt the Teacher’s Heart Bookmarks ❄️🩵🫶🏼 

Your students will love being greeted back at school with these cuties. Comment “bookmark” below if you’d like the link to the template! 

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Make this as you head back from break this week! 📋 Make this as you head back from break this week! 📋✔️ The Procedure Checklist helps everyone reset. 

I love using this idea for back to school & coming back from break. It gives you as the teacher a clear path to follow for reviewing classroom expectations. 💚 I like to pair with procedure slides to be extra thorough and engaging. 

Thanks to @missvin3 for sharing this chart idea years ago! 

Comment “procedure” and I’ll sent you my free chart template & link to my paid procedure slides! 🔗

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The student photo page is a must see…🤭 New year, n The student photo page is a must see…🤭 New year, new sub binder! 🎉

This is the perfect time to refresh your binder with everything a potential sub would need to know. I like to plug my entire day into the lesson plan template so it’s easy to finish filling out for last minute absences (or ask a teammate to finish filling in for you.) 

And in case you didn’t know, this is a mock binder based on the cast of characters from the Gilmore Girls. ☕️💕 No FERPA violations here! Thanks to AI for helping me with the student photos. 😅

Comment “sub” and I’ll send the link your way! 🍎

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