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Star Rules
Why are rules so important? Just ask the main characters in the children's book Officer Buckle and Gloria. After a class read aloud, compare and contrast the safety tips mentioned in the story with your classroom rules, noting any...
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It Matters to Me: Iowa quarter reverse
What matters to your pupils? What values do they hold dear and how does that shape your classroom community? These are some the questions you'll get your class thinking about when they engage in this lesson from the US Mint. They will...
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Substitutes: Welcome to my Class!
It can be hard for substitute teachers to navigate their way around your classroom. Help them out with a form that shows them where everything can be located. In addition, it includes a space to locate the teacher's lounge, a person who...
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New Teacher’s Survival Guide
An amazing amount of information is packed into this 44-page packet. Everything from how to avoid first day jiggers to planning first day activities, from personal and classroom safety tips to how to break up fights, from classroom setup...
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Making Summer School Less of a Drag
Teaching summer school is the perfect opportunity for experimenting and expanding your classroom repertoire.
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Winter Wonderland Activities
Ideas to help keep the motivational fire in your classroom burning.
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Creating Historians Part Two: The Grab Bag
You don't need to be a museum curator to bring artifacts into the classroom; part two of a series on approaching social studies as a group of historians.
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Thanksgiving Writing Prompts to Kick-off the Holiday Season
Writing prompts, classroom warm-ups, and even research starters focused on the Thanksgiving holiday.
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How to Make Homework Meaningful
Enrich classroom experiences and engage young learners by assigning purposeful, student-centered homework activities.
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Encourage Success with Consistency
Follow a daily classroom routine to use class time efficiently and help your kids find success!
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Brain Breaks to Liven Up the School Day!
Short brain breaks increase engagement and encourage teamwork in elementary, middle school, and even high school classrooms.
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Building ELD Confidence Through Games
Fun ways to get your English Learner's involved in the classroom.
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The Importance of Making Labs a Priority
The benefits of inquiry-based exploration can be attained in any classroom.
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Part One: A Truly Inspirational Book List For Teachers
This book is not short on inspiration or terrific, practical ideas and techniques you can implement in your classroom.
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Sing a Song of Science
Using parodies of popular music to introduce and reinforce concepts in secondary classrooms.
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Different Ways to Develop Fine Motor Skills
Adjust your everyday routine to efficiently improve fine motor skills in your classroom.
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Celebrating Groundhog Day with your Students
Celebrating Groundhog Day in your classroom is a fun-filled way to explore science, art, and literature.
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A Historical and Educational Perspective on American Sign Language
Using Sign Language to Communicate with Your Special-Needs Students in the Classroom
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Encouraging Introverts in an Extroverted World
Our classrooms can be crucial to pupils’ lifelong understanding and appreciation of both extroverts and introverts.
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Encourage A New Generation of Peacemakers
Integrate this essay-writing contest into your high school classroom to develop writing skills and encourage international study.
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Eight Ways to Celebrate Fruit
Activities designed to incorporate the study of fruit into your classroom during National Fruit and Vegetable Month.
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Project-Based Learning & Leading Through the 16 Habits of Mind
Blending Costa & Kallick's 16 Habits of Mind, personality type, and project-based learning in your classroom.
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Creating Historians: Send Them Out
Get teenagers out of the classroom in the pursuit of history; part three of a series on approaching social studies as a group of historians.
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A Straightfoward Literacy Strategy
Require class members to use complete sentences to improve literacy within your classroom, or perhaps, in the entire school.
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