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What teacher does not have a list a mile long at what needs to be accomplished during each school week, let alone each individual day? How can a person get it all done but still have a life? Can a teacher enjoy the weekend? Teachers can spend much time working at all the needed tasks for the week. It can…
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Teaching youngsters how to write I think is one of the hardest things about teaching first grade. Second only to…..Valentine’s Day, Halloween and the day before holiday breaks. That’s why today I want to show you how to teach transition words in writer’s workshop. But…. Every year, right about December when they are “off the wall” and listening to maybe a…
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As a classroom teacher, it was often hard to find time to fit writing into each school day. However, I knew that was a bad practice! There were days were we only had five minutes to write, but I knew that five minutes was better than no minutes! That’s where these funny picture writing prompts came into play! Project Your Picture Prompt…
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For those first weeks of school in September, most teachers are doing a lot of classroom community building activities. I teach ESL to 5th, 6th , and 7th graders at the moment. In September, my walls are full of world maps where students mark their home countries, pages from all-about-me-books, and the results of lots of collaborative team-building activities. We…
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With technology at an all time high and not going anywhere in the future, it’s important to think about your digital imprint. What information are you putting out there for others to read? What does a search for your name show? Teachers need to be especially aware of this since they work with youth. That’s why today’s post features social media…
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