"During our 'All About Us' unit, we discuss different feelings and how our feelings change throughout the day." — Johanna MacNeal, prekindergarten, PS 398, Jackson Heights, Queens

Fifth-grade literacy teacher Jamala Roper, of PS 179 in the Bronx, took on the challenge of providing a safe and welcoming literacy-rich environment that is also safe and conducive to the guidelines for blended learning.

I wanted to create a space at home that resembled my physical classroom so that when my students saw me virtually they would feel at home. 

A Brooklyn kindergarten teacher creates a mini classroom to maintain a sense of normalcy while teaching from home.

I created this 'book shopping helper' this year for my students with special needs.

"Last year, I decided I wanted to create a classroom space that was as unique as my students, a place where they would feel comfortable and want to come to class (that’s half the battle in high school, after all!). With my students’ wants and needs in mind, I created a flexible seating environment..."

As a literacy teacher to 5th-graders, it is always my mission to develop engaging ways to influence my students to love reading and writing.

I use my bulletin board as a way to reiterate that our students have the amazing power to grow as students and, more important, as kind people.

It was my goal last school year to encourage my students to pick books to read for fun.