Helping Teachers Inspire Learners
Social emotional activities for distance learning are a key element when students are not able to attend class. Digital learning at school or at home has increased in recent years. SEL has also grown in popularity over the last 5 years. It is through connections, belonging, and being able to regulate our emotions, that we grow the most both socially,…
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Writer’s Workshop is a fantastic structure that you can put in place in your 2nd or 3rd-grade classroom to help you teach writing and to help students learn how to write. While it’s important that your students be taught explicit writing skills in order to move them forward in their writing development, It is equally important to create an environment…
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Creativity is intelligence having fun. Albert Einstein Developing your child’s creativity during the current school closures (and always) is the most important thing to focus on right now. Learning is all about motivation and creativity leads to motivation. Right now, the world is in a situation that is hard to believe for most of us. In addition, the spread of…
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Children’s picture books have always been the mainstay of every primary classroom. Teachers of all grade levels know the power of the picture book to engage students and help them imagine, visualize and learn. Book units help teachers to dig deeper into the books to increase comprehension and foster joy in reading. The Power of the Book Unit The picture…
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As this year comes to an end and I reflect on the school year so far, I am constantly amazed at how much teaching has changed since I started over 20 years ago. Even though I am not in the classroom anymore, I still spend time working with teachers and students and helping teachers to move their practice forward. In…
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Flexible seating has been trending for a couple of years now in education. While I have had flexible seating options in my classroom for over 20 years, I have never written about it until now. I wanted to wait for a while and let this “new” trend settle for a bit before diving in. Just what IS flexible seating? Probably the…
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