Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your hosts, Michelle Emerson and Bridget Spackman,

and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization,

and productivity as a teacher.

Your changing grade levels. Yeah, your heart probably just skipped a beat there for a second.

Changing grade levels can be a huge task, especially if you have been

teaching the same grade level for a long time. In today's episode, we are going to break down

this project because changing grade levels is a project into some more manageable tips.

That way you can implement them. But first, let's hear a TSA from Janella. I've been teaching over

10 years, but still spend half of my summer in my classroom preparing for the next year and changing

things I don't like about my room. I finally made it feel the way I like it. Found out I'm moving

to kindergarten from second grade and now feel like I am going to need to

redo everything. I am also a new mom and do not want to spend my entire summer in the classroom

so I can soak up time with my baby. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I am huge a huge fan

and listen to your podcast every Friday while I grade papers. Oh, this is sweet.

So obviously this entire episode is going to be helpful for you. That's why we pick this DSH.

But we're going to summarize it. Keep as much the same as possible. Relie on your teammates.

And remember that not everything is a priority. Ooh, that is like so perfectly

said, Michelle. The only other thing that I probably would add to that is that you do not have to

have your room ready for the year. This can be something that just kind of grows with you versus

feeling as though you need to have it done ASAP, which I know is the feeling that so many of us

kind of want to have at the beginning of the year. So don't feel pressure to have it Pinterest ready

and just be okay with allowing your students to help you navigate what this classroom and what the

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