Pencil challenge

Hi there! Soooo, it's been a long time since I blogged...seriously, a LONG time. But, I posted a little picture on my IG account that I didn't think anything about. It had pencils, a sharpener, marker, tape, and scissors in it. Whatever, just another Sunday night as a teacher. Well next thing I knew, this little picture went viral!! Viral for me, at least:) Over 13,000 people viewed the picture...WOWZA!! So, that little picture and your active engagement is what inspired me to write a blog…

Have you heard about "Pencil Wars" or the "Great Pencil Challenge" to keep your classroom stocked with pencils? Forget those! I have the EASIEST method for you to keep pencils available, ready, and sharpened for the week and this system will work ALL YEAR with an added incentive. I promise you will have pencils left at the end of the school year and wonder why you never did this before! This will work for all grade levels but focuses on the elementary level. #pencilclassroommanagement

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Melody Munch | Teacher Resource Creator on Instagram: "THIS PENCIL CHALLENGE IS A GAME CHANGER! ✏️👏🏽 The first time I tried this, I could not believe my eyes when ALL students kept the same pencil for two weeks! 🤯 I never looked back. 👀 For ALL the details, comment the word PENCIL below! ✏️ You’ll be sent the link to my Pencil Challenge Guide product + my YouTube video and blog that have all the info you’ll need to give it a try. ;) If you don’t see the DM, please visit the link in my…

The original pencil challenge all started here! Grab the free resources to help your students start the great pencil challenge...

THIS PENCIL CHALLENGE IS A GAME CHANGER! ✏️👏🏽 The first time I tried this, I could not believe my eyes when ALL students kept the same… | Instagram

If you follow me on Instagram you probably saw my post in December about how I'd be starting The Great Pencil Challenge with my class. Every student was given a newly sharpened pencil with pink duct tape with their number written towards the top in Sharpie. That's how we can tell the pencil challenge pencils away from the regular "emergency" pencils. I always keep a small bucket of sharpened pencils handy in case their challenge pencil goes dull or the point breaks during the day because I…

Pencils. That's all I have to say and your heart starts to beat a little faster right? What is it about pencils that can be so frustrating in an elementary classroom? Well, I took the liberty of making a little list.....from a student point of view: Pencil sharpeners are fun. You can stick in a perfectly good pencil and chew it down to nothing if you push hard enough. What kid can resist that? Those erasers are YUMMY! NOT having a pencil makes that funny vein stick out on your teachers neck…

My first year of teaching, I went through, I kid you not, over 100 pencils in the first few months of school. And I had TEN students!