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Teacher Binder Organization Step-By-Step

Read this article for tips about teacher binder organization and get some teacher binder ideas for this school year. It’s time to get yourself organized and have your teaching essentials in one place.     How often do you find yourself sitting in a meeting, caught without some essential piece

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How to Teach Students to Cite Text Evidence

Here’s a step-by-step guide for teaching students to identify textual evidence and support answers to text-based questions with text evidence from passages.   Do you have as much trouble as I have with convincing students to look back in the reading and find answers from the text?   To provide

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Special Education Accommodation IEP Checklist for Teachers

Special education IEP checklist for teachers to track each student’s supports. Record accommodations, modifications, interventions, and supports for IEPs, 504s, and special education.   We all know the importance of supporting struggling students, at-risk learners, and special education students. Keeping track of who gets what accommodation? That’s another story. (And

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2-Digit Multiplication Worksheets: Differentiated

Here’s a visual method for teaching 2-digit multiplication using differentiated visual cues to guide students’ learning for success. Looking for an easier way to teach multiplication? Our FREE differentiated multiplication worksheets use visuals to help students learn faster! Grab 2 different sets of multiplication worksheets at the end of this

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Graph Paper Math Intervention

Don’t overlook graph paper if your students are struggling with math! It’s an effective yet often overlooked way to scaffold, differentiate, and help students master arithmetic. A simple sheet of graph paper can improve students’ math arithmetic skills for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. – And fractions, decimals, equations, and

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FREE Worksheet – Addition and Subtraction Word Problems Strategy

Free word problem comprehension strategy teaches students to apply reading comprehension strategies using CUBES or CUBED method – FREE!   This easy-to-use CUBES word problem strategy provides your students with the tools to solve addition and subtraction word problems. This strategy works because students are given a solid, concrete method

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Improve Reading by Boosting Confidence

Students often lack confidence in their reading skills resulting in decreased motivation to read and/or learn. Learn what teachers can do to empower students with the confidence they need to succeed in their reading skills.

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5 Tips to Prep Your Students for State Testing

Get your students ready for state testing without the stress and pressure. Here are five essential test prep tips for stress-free success.   Spring is an exciting time of year. But spring also tells us that state tests are on the horizon. Teachers have put in lots of hard work.

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How to Solve Long Division Problems

So many teachers become frustrated while teaching students how to solve long-division problems. I know that feeling well; I’ve been there. But teaching long division doesn’t have to be as difficult as that – cross my heart!  I’ll walk you through a few steps that make long division easier for

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Long Division and Multiplication Using the Standard Algorithm

Learn the best ways to teach multi-digit multiplication and long division. These differentiated strategies help students learn the traditional standard algorithm in a way that can be easily scaffolded to support students’ learning.   Struggling to Teach Multiplication and Long Division? I used to struggle to teach the standard algorithm

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