Helping students develop as writers can be challenging during remote learning, but you can teach students how to identify and create quality writing about small moments with these Digital Personal Narrative Writing Activities. What's included in these Personal Narrative Writing ...
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Compare and contrast is one of my favorite literacy skills to teach early in the year because it is approachable for students and can be used in so many different ways. Comparative thinking is great for building connections between background knowledge and new concepts. It's also great to ...
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In many classrooms, writing instruction fits into a small corner of the day. This makes it so challenging to find time to teach grammar, spelling, punctuation, and all the other foundational skills students need to be more effective writers. While working through the writing process is an ...
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As teachers, we all need substitute teachers at some point. There is no way we can be in the classroom every single day all year long, no matter how much we wish we could. Even superheroes need to take a day off time and again. That being said, having a substitute in your classroom can be ...
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Teachers do it every day, they do it all the time, and they do it sometimes without even realizing it. What is it they are regularly doing? Teachers are continually evaluating student understanding via formative assessments. Formative assessments are an essential tool for assessing student ...
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Incorporating technology into the classroom used to be an engaging extra that helped build 21st Century skills. With many schools turning to online learning, educational technology has become critical to classroom instruction. However, this unexpected transition has left many teachers floundering to ...
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