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Having A Ball With Vocabulary – DIY Style

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Teaching vocabulary is super important for background knowledge and understanding context clues within new reading passages, math story problems, and … [Read more...]

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Super STEM Strategies

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STEM activities are becoming more widely used in classrooms everywhere and students are loving all the hands-on problem solving that is taking place … [Read more...]

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Curriculum Mapping Your Content

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Curriculum mapping sounds like a hard process that might require an entire professional development study session for an individual teacher, but you … [Read more...]

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Free Spring Color by Synonyms Printable Worksheets to Build Vocabulary

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Teaching synonyms is a fun way for building vocabulary and allowing for more concise writing skills.  You can use worksheets, anchor charts, … [Read more...]

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What Are the Best Teacher Shoes?

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What are the best school shoes for teachers?  Although it seems like an unusual topic for a blog post, I noticed that when a fan at the Facebook Fan … [Read more...]

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Teachers Color the World

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Teachers have so much stress, they need solutions to relieve that stress before teacher burnout occurs. Free adult coloring pages might be just the … [Read more...]

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Order Up with Choice Boards!

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Giving students a choice board option, such as a spelling menu for homework, encourages a "buy-in" from that student.  Anytime you are given a choice, … [Read more...]

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Thinking Spring Bulletin Board

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Thinking spring yet?  Spring bulletin boards for classroom teachers (or even libraries or in church) are always a figurative breath of fresh air - … [Read more...]

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Teacher Interview Tips

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Teacher interview questions are definitely specific to the role.  You'll probably get asked about behavior management, lesson plans, teaching … [Read more...]

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Improve Staff Morale: Candy Bar Staff Awards Freebie!

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I don't know about you, but I know a lot of teacher colleagues who love candy.  And they deserve to get an award just for being amazing any day of the … [Read more...]

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Classroom Desk Straightening Tip

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Keeping student desks in the classroom desk arrangement you intended throughout the day is nearly impossible.  Students are constantly moving the … [Read more...]

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Pocket Chart Make-Over

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Pocket chart stands are almost a necessity in an elementary classroom.  They can be used for so many different activities in daily lessons and offer a … [Read more...]

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Thanks to You Teacher!

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Have you ever written a thank you note to a teacher?  Teacher Appreciation Week is in the beginning of May, and I know for a fact, all teachers adore … [Read more...]

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Homework Motivation

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Do your students have intrinsic homework motivation?  Or are you spending way too much time attempting to get their homework turned in on time and … [Read more...]

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Leprechaun Fun in the Classroom

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Setting up a leprechaun trap in your classroom can incorporate science (think simple machines), social studies (the history of the legend of the lucky … [Read more...]

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