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Looking for a quick, easy tried and true differentiation strategy for improving your students’ math computation skills? Look no further – a simple sheet of graph paper can improve students’ math arithmetic skills for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division! – And fractions, decimals, equations, and pretty much any other type of math you can think of! ((Keep reading – there’s…
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Inside: Create student leaders and develop leadership skills with these leadership resources. They’re engaging and enjoyable for students, yet easy for teachers. Creating Student Leaders doesn’t have to be difficult! In fact, I’m here to make sure it’s easy for you as a teacher, yet engaging and fun for students. Create Student Leaders Many student leadership resources are aimed at…
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Teaching Money Skills – Part 1 Students must learn how to count money. It’s a basic life skill that every student needs for independence. Teaching money skills doesn’t have to be tough! Good scaffolding and outside the box strategies to the rescue! Skip counting and working with coins can be easily worked into daily routines and stations. Maybe you’ll find that…
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Provide your students with the tools to solve addition and subtraction word problems with this easy-to-use CUBES word problem strategy! This strategy works by because students are given a solid, concrete method to organize information. Math word problems are always a bug-a-boo to teach – but they don’t have to be when students break the problem down into smaller pieces….
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Inside: 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 if you’re confused about accommodations versus modifications, etc., click here…
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Inside: Accommodations vs. Modifications. Strategies vs. Interventions. What’s the difference? Read on to find the answer and learn what every teacher needs to know about academic supports for students. I’ll never forget sitting in an IEP meeting during my first year of teaching. I was a new teacher and felt nervous conducting meetings with parents, fellow teachers, and my principal….
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Ready for the end of the school year? Use these checklists to make packing up a breeze. Learn how to pack up your classroom at the end of the school year! Packing up the classroom at the end of the school year. You want to do it right – but yet you really don’t. You want to just throw everything…
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There you are, sitting at a staff meeting. Bored already. You glance at the teacher beside you and notice she has the most inspiring and attractive notebook. With colored Flair pens. Your teacher heart skips a beat. Love. Envy. You look down at your own notebook – the one you got at the back-to-school sale for 10¢. The bent cover….
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You’ll absolutely LOVE these differentiated long division worksheets. They use a visual method of teaching long division that helps students learn so much more easily. Best of all, you can try this strategy out for FREE! Teachers love that this simple strategy supports each student’s needs, so it’s easy to individualize. Long Division and Student Struggles Long division is pretty rough…
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Inside: Check out this visual method of teaching 2-digit multiplication to students. These unique strategies for multi-digit multiplication use visual shapes, colors, and graph paper to guide student learning. I absolutely LOVE this differentiated visual method of teaching 2-digit x 2-digit multiplication. This strategy helps students learn quicker, easier, and without so much fuss! And you can try it out…
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