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Frustrated with lost pencils, messy desks, and missing assignments?

March 12, 2017(0)  Useful Classroom Management Tools > FREE Academic Progress and Behavior Plan: Student Report < This editable form can simplify your classroom management program. Use this form to help students reflect on the circumstances surrounding inappropriate behaviors. The completed form provides details for further investigation as well as a record of the behavior. Forms can…
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Easy Tips for Teaching Challenging Reading Content Across the Curriculum: PART THREE

January 8, 2017(0)This is the third and final in a series of three posts providing tips for successfully teaching challenging reading content to a class of students with mixed reading abilities.   Pairs or Small Group Work: ► BUILDING ORAL FLUENCY Students’ reading comprehension improves with repeated exposure to challenging content.  One way to make time for every…
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Easy Tips for Teaching Challenging Reading Content Across the Curriculum: PART TWO

October 13, 2016(0)This is the second in a series of three posts providing tips for successfully teaching challenging reading content to a class of students with mixed reading abilities.   With a little help and motivation, students can learn to independently tackle even the most information-dense material! SUMMARIZING Summarizing is a great strategy that teachers can use to…
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Easy Tips for Teaching Challenging Reading Content Across the Curriculum: PART ONE

August 31, 2016(0)How can content-area teachers successfully teach a class of students with mixed reading abilities?   In areas such as social studies or science, students are often asked to read content written at, or above, grade level. Even good readers may struggle with the text. Teachers have less planning time, and there’s even less time to…
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Back-to-School Pencil Topper: Free Printable

August 17, 2014(0)Want something quick and easy to welcome students back at the beginning of a new school year?  Check out the free download of these colorful pencil toppers.  One side has a cute poem, and the other side says, “WELCOME BACK!” These toppers can be printed on 1″ X 4″ labels and wrapped around the pencil. …
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Students Who Don’t Celebrate Holidays

June 24, 2014(0)Meeting the needs of students who don’t celebrate holidays may seem challenging, at first.  With a simple plan , it’s easy to respect the family’s beliefs and avoid making the student feel singled out. Each year, children enter our classrooms with learning disabilities or cognitive delays.  Other students deal with challenges that are less obvious.  Some…
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Chalkboard Quotes: Free Printables

December 31, 2013(0)It’s good to be surrounded by words that inspire, encourage, and motivate. These are a few of my favorite chalkboard quotes. Check out the two free downloads, below.  Just click the link after each one. Print this chalkboard quote out for your own classroom. Or, frame it as a gift for a friend’s desk or…
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3 Easy Tips to Make Writing Instruction More Fun… with a FREE Assessment ‘Cheat Sheet’

November 24, 2013(0)Some kids love to write.  Some kids hate it.  How do you keep everyone engaged in the writing process? Use these three easy tips to streamline the revision process, provide opportunities for students to share their work, and quickly assess progress– and make writing fun!   1.  Editing Table:  Establish a table or area of…
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DIY Posters

September 29, 2013(0)Looking for a quick and easy way to get your message across?  Check out QuotesCover, a fun way to turn a quote into a masterpiece. It’s pretty easy to make a poster or other display! 1.  Click “start designing” on the main screen. 2.  Follow the prompts. 3.  Type in your quote. 4.  Select a…
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Tackling Tattling

June 29, 2013(0)For most teachers at the elementary level, tattling is a constant issue.  With our school’s focus on anti-bullying, it’s sometimes difficult to know how much attention to give to students’ complaints about their peers.  It helps to make sure that the children understand the difference between tattling and telling, and to set clear expectations about…
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Teaching with Cootie Catchers

June 25, 2013(0)Everyone loves cootie catchers! There are a ton of fun ways to use them in your classroom. Check out these free downloads for some create lessons for your students. Super Teacher Worksheets offers this FREE Cootie Catcher for practicing 2X multiplication facts.  Download includes folding directions and activity suggestions. Check out the Learning Bug for…
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A Few of My Favorite (Free or Low-Cost) Things

June 14, 2013(0)Here are a passel (fun word of the day!) of FREE or low-cost ideas! Hopefully, you’ll find something new and interesting in the potpourri collection I’ve assembled below! First up, six art projects that caught my eye.  For example, who ever thought of doing “stained glass” Halloween decorations?  These ideas all have a unique twist…
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3 Fun Summer Projects

June 1, 2013(0)Kids restless?  Need a great idea– RIGHT NOW?  Here are three fun and easy activities that everyone will enjoy!   The idea below came from crafty blogger, Lisa Storms.  Want more bookmark ideas?  Check out this bookmark-themed Pinterest board.   Use all the treasures the kids collect at the beach, hiking, or in their own…
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No-Prep Activity Ideas

May 26, 2013(0)Whether it’s the end of the year or just another Tuesday, all teachers have days when they need a little time to record grades from the last lesson, gather materials, or talk privately to a student.  Here are are some quick, engaging activities!     First, set the stage.  Alleviate students’ fears about “getting things right” by…
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Banish Bullying

May 11, 2013(0)We implement a well-known bullying prevention program at our school.  There’s also a plan in place for dealing with all kinds of inappropriate behavior.  Citizenship awards are given out each month.  And, there are even special lunch programs to encourage children to be inclusive. We work hard to prevent bullying.  Even so, reports of bullying…
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The Power of Prepositions!

April 28, 2013(0)Prepositions are underrated.     Even adverbs, one of the most enigmatic parts of speech, gets more attention than prepositions. What difference does it make? Consider this.  Emerging writers often fail to use complete sentences.  Students who can identify prepositions and prepositional phrases are much better able to identify the subject and verb of a…
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Zero Budget Resources for Building Your Classroom Library

April 20, 2013(0)No budget?  Need resources? You’re not alone. Few teachers can afford to purchase books for their classroom libraries.  Over the years I’ve found several ways to overcome this issue. 1.  At the beginning of the year, create a birthday book club to encourage parents to donate a copy of their child’s favorite book.  Allow the…
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Embrace Your Inner Warren Buffet

April 14, 2013(0)Teaching students about fiscal literacy is important, but it can also be a lot of fun! Once students understand the basic language of economics, it’s easy to demonstrate how these concepts apply to their everyday lives. There are four friends, but only three cookies.  Scarcity. Janie wears the blue shirt instead of the red one. …
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FREE Social Studies and Language Arts Printables

April 7, 2013(0)I’m always amazed at how much free stuff there is on-line… if you just have time to look. Ah-h, there’s the rub.  Who has time?  Here are a few resources that are ready for immediate use. FREE Word Box Worksheet Generator available at SchoolExpresss.  You can also make spelling, word search, and alphabetizing worksheets for…
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FREE Earth Day (April 22) Resources

April 5, 2013(0)(Please note that this article has been updated.  Broken links have been replaced with links to similar activities.) If you’re like me, you want to integrate special events like Earth Day into your curriculum.  But, who has time to search for easy-to-use resources that can be quickly adapted for immediate use? Below are some great…
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FREE Shel Silverstein Poetry Workshop Kit

April 3, 2013(0)Since 1996 April has been celebrated as National Poetry Month. Shel Silverstein’s classic poetry books such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, have long been loved by both children and adults.  With this FREE Shel Silverstein Poetry Workshop Kit your students can celebrate poetry any time of the year. This FREE 10-page download contains reproducible writing…
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FREE Poster: Children Need to Play

April 3, 2013(0)This FREE printable poster reminds us about the importance of play.  Kids need it, but so do we!  It was designed by Christie Burnett, the brains behind Childhood 101.  You can check out the original post Modern Parents, Messy Kids.  Find the poster here!

10 Tips for Finding Free Resources

March 29, 2013(0)Do you need to introduce or reinforce a skill?  Here are ten tips that make it easy to find free resources. Are you teaching American History for the first time?  Are your classroom materials outdated or incomplete?  Do your lessons just need a little pizzazz?   There’s a goldmine of ideas out there, once you learn…
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Wondering how to make your own educational videos?

March 26, 2013(0)Here are two quick ideas for creating your own educational videos that you may not have heard about!   First there’s Tellagami (rhymes with origami), a quick, easy way to create and share any short story or lesson. My students typed in their book reports and selected an animated character to make their presentation.  They loved…
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Should students grade their own work?

March 21, 2013(0)Yes.   There are many benefits to student grading!   Students get immediate feedback when they grade their own work. They take ownership of their progress, or lack thereof. Students are able to ask questions and get clarification, right away.     When the teacher does the grading, most students look only at their score…
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