Spring break is quickly approaching. Whether you're counting down the days or still have weeks to go, this is a challenging time of year to keep students focused on learning. It's also when burnout tends to hit hard, and it and it can be easy to let classroom management slide just a little as you ...
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Being able to think deeply about character traits for the characters in a short story or novel is an important part of understanding the author's deeper message. Lower-level texts often spell these out directly, describing a character as friendly or sly, to help the reader.However, as students ...
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Anchor charts are a great tool for helping students remember routines and apply the strategies you've taught in class. Whether they're helping students activate their schema, recording learning, or outlining strategies that students can use on their own, these visual resources are a must-have for ...
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Lois Lowry's award-winning novel The Giver is an awesome book for getting kids thinking about social studies and society's norms. Ideal as a book club or literature circle text for upper elementary and middle school, you students can enjoy the story as a whole-class novel study or read aloud. ...
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Not every student with a disability will come to your classroom with an Individualized Education Plan (or IEP). A 504 Plan is another way districts can create plans to help students with disabilities have success in school.Whether you're a new teacher or a seasoned veteran, being handed a 504 ...
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Dealing with behavior challenges can be draining. As you begin to empty your toolkit of strategies, that frustration only grows. Many times this leads to referring the student to your campus child-study or MTSS team so you can get additional strategies to support the student. Sometimes these ...
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