One challenge they don’t mention before you become a teacher is how it can feel saying goodbye each year. After…
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Valentine’s Day Card from Students to Parents
As someone who has had students make all kinds of different Valentine’s Day cards (and as a parent who has…
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Hindsight is 2020: A New Year’s Writing Craft for Student Reflection
It’s been a doozy of a year, to say the least. I’m willing to bet you might be ready to…
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Teaching Self Editing in Writing Using a Student Spelling Dictionary
If you’ve ever been asked: “How do you spell ________?” then a student spelling dictionary is likely to be a…
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Family History Project for Distance Learning
If there’s any takeaway from our current global situation, it’s that one of the most important things in this world…
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Compound Sentences: Snowman Anchor Chart, Craft, & Winter Task Cards
A Common Core standard that can easily get overlooked is the one for compound sentences. But expanding simple sentences is…
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