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How to Create Your Own Custom Teacher Planner

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Teacher planners just might be the highlight of any planner junkie + teacher out there.  Choosing just the right cover, layout, to do list, and extra … [Read more...]

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Soaring with Spring Snacks

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Hey teaching friends! Today, I just wanted to share an idea that I did for my son's preschool class for his birthday treat.  I thought it would … [Read more...]

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First Year Teacher Advice

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Hi teacher friends!  In case no one else has said it lately, I will be the first to say: THANKS for all you do!  You ARE changing lives every single … [Read more...]

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April Showers Bring Measurement?

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Hi teaching friends!  Needing a new idea for a measurement lesson?  How about a new spring bulletin board?  Perhaps something that combines them both? … [Read more...]

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Storing Sight Words

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Teaching sight words to new readers is vital to their literacy success when learning to read.  Sight words are those words that come up repeatedly and … [Read more...]

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Multiplication Poetry

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Have you ever thought of combining subject areas, such as math, with funny riddles?   Using riddles for kids (making them show their answers) is one … [Read more...]

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7 Myths About Differentiated Instruction

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The classroom is on fire!   Literally!   And your only way to put out the flame is to use differentiated instruction strategies.  Could you do … [Read more...]

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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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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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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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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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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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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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