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How to Make 90-Minute Classes Work

Find out how to manage your 90-minute ELAR period with proven strategies that work!

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Strategies to Promote Online Class Attendance

How are you supposed to teach kids who don’t show up for class either virtually or in-person?

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Secrets to Staying Positive and Well Teaching Virtually

Learn ways to stay mentally and physically healthy while teaching virtually.

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Why Daily Agenda Slides Are a Teacher’s Best Friend

Who would have thought that something as simple as daily agenda slides could improve my teaching in such a positive way. As a matter of f...

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5 Reasons You Should be Using Classroom Systems

I'll let you in on a secret that took me years into my teaching career to learn - when you implement well-defined classroom systems and r...

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Five Tips for Online Learning From the Front Lines

Get the top five tips for online learning from teachers on the front line.

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Why You Should Use Google Forms for Online Learning

How do we continue to provide learning opportunities for students using technology? Google Forms.

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How to Use Padlet for Online and Distance Learning

Padlet is an app I used in my classroom as a way to connect with students and keep my kiddos engaged while using technology. With the fre...

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Create an Online Resource Hub for Students

It helped me organize my web resources and other content all in one, user-friendly place I called "the hub".

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Empower Students to Score Higher on Tests

Standardized testing is the root of all that is evil in teaching. Empower your students.

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Hop on Over to Free Resources You Can Use Now

I know how much you love getting something for free, so some friends and I got together to share freebies you can use any time of the year.

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Goal Setting with Students in the New Year

Goal setting isn't just for adults. It's an important concept to teach students, too!

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Positive Talk Promotes Positive Student Behavior

Let's talk about positive feedback and talk in the classroom and why it's important. The assumption is you have thoroughly established ro...

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Four Ways to Have a Great School Year

What kind of year are you planning for? Learn four tips for having a great back-to-school experience.

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3 min

A Letter to the Teacher

Don't give in to the pressure and stress of creating a picture perfect classroom. Your students need YOU, and you are enough.

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Dollar Store Steals and Deals for Teachers You Need to Know Now

Dollar store steals and deals you need in your life if you're a teacher thinking about back to school and making plans for your classroom.

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Self Care Critical to Avoid Burn Out

If you're a teacher, then you've no doubt experienced exhaustion, frustration, and stress more times than you'd like to admit during the ...

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Hooray for No-Prep End-of-Year Activities!

You're over it, the kids are over it, but you still have days until the school year officially comes to an end. What you want most is to ...

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Parent Email Templates, Anyone?

Why does it seem like February drags on forever, and then March finally dashes in like the White Rabbit late to the tea party? For me, Ma...

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Give Them Tools, and They will Dig Writing

If you're teaching kids to write, then you know how difficult it can be to get them to produce quality writing. Not every kid comes to us...

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