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Literacy Activities for Indoor Recess
By Laura
/ April 24, 2022
Love it or hate it, indoor recess can be a challenge! The barometric pressure is changing, the children need exercise,...
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Volunteers and Struggling Readers
By Laura
/ April 9, 2022
Classroom volunteers especially enjoy working with younger children in school and are often asked to help with struggling readers. As...
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10 Books to Teach Force and Motion
By Laura
/ April 7, 2022
These books to teach force and motion are my ABSOLUTELY favorite tp integrate science and literature. I have been meaning...
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Books for Saint Patrick’s Day
By Laura
/ February 27, 2022
To bring spark to the end of winter we look to books for St. Patrick's Day for some inspiration. We...
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Ten Great Books for Valentine’s day
By Laura
/ January 16, 2022
There are lots of terrific books for Valentine’s Day in terms of kindness and compassion towards others. While this is...
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Nine Books For Chinese New Year
By Laura
/ January 8, 2022
Depending on where you live, you may not know as much about the background of the Chinese New Year as...
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PREPARING FOR SUCCESS IN THE WRITING WORKSHOP
By Laura
/ September 6, 2021
Perhaps you have been with teachers at your school and heard them talking about using writing workshop in their classrooms,...
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14 Books to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
By Laura
/ August 15, 2021
There are so many wonderful books to use in your primary classroom during Hispanic Heritage Month that it is hard...
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TEACHING AUTHOR’S CRAFT IN NONFICTION
By Laura
/ July 30, 2021
What is it about teaching author's craft in nonfiction that makes us all a bit crazy as teachers? I...
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Socratic Seminars for Elementary Students
By Laura
/ July 28, 2021
I really thought that Socratic Seminars were something that happened in AP English classes in high school or at the...
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