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The first few weeks of school are overwhelming. There is so much to teach in terms of classroom procedures, classroom community, routines, and expectations! Connecting a read-aloud to these activities can make them more memorable and engaging for students. Using lessons based on books for back-to-school can also help create a bridge between fictional situations…
Regardless of where you teach, all of us come back from summer break with a goal of having an effective classroom where students can be successful. We spend hours putting up bulletin boards, moving furniture, and digging into lesson plans. Between professional development and campus meetings, we sneak back to our rooms to get everything…
Building a strong relationship between home and school is a critical piece of teaching, but it can be tough to do if you don’t feel confident in how best to do so. Most teacher education programs do little to prepare new educators for collaborating with their families in the classroom so we are typically left…
Three times a year you get handed a color-coded spreadsheet of universal screening data. Most likely you take a quick glance, confirm those are the kids who appear to be struggling and move on. However, your universal reading screeners data has really useful information. It can help identify where more information is needed and what…
Walking into my first classroom, I knew I was going to have to get creative. Besides the bare walls, lack of any guidance on curriculum, and about five REALLY old textbooks, I was also teaching a cross-age, self-contained special education classroom of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. The first thing I needed to do was…