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Keeping students engaged in your lessons can be easier than you think – task cards to the rescue! With just a few minor additions, some differentiation, and a couple tweaks, task cards are are the perfect tool to take your teaching to the next level. FAQ’s What are Task Cards? It might help to think of task cards simply as…
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Creating Student Leaders doesn’t have to be difficult! In fact, I’m here to make sure that it’s easy for you as a teacher, and fun for students! Create Student Leaders! Many Leadership materials are aimed at one specific program – the leadership resources in my Teachers Pay Teachers store will work for ALL leadership programs. Even if your school…
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Back to school sparks quite a range of feelings for teachers (quite different feelings for parents!!) Personally, I feel so, so much better when I have a plan. Because I am both a teacher and a designer of teaching posters and materials, I can develop educational materials that I need and will use in my own classroom. My Back to…
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Strong beginnings are important, and starting a school year on the right foot promotes a calm, positive atmosphere for students and teachers. This time of year, teachers are scouring the internet and Pinterest for the best Back to School Tips – I know, ‘cuz that’s exactly what I’m doing too! Every year I have a few moments of panic as…
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This Figurative Language Butterfly is one of my favorite activities of the year! And not just because it means that spring has sprung! It’s no secret that students enjoy expressing themselves artistically – and when you can combine learning – it works! Kids learn! Here’s a SECRET – these are super-cute hanging in the hall or on bulletin boards!!…
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((If you’d like to read Teaching Money Skills Part 1, click here!)) Part 1 takes us from the very beginning stages of teaching students to work with coins up through basic identification. If you’re reading these Teaching Money Skills Blog Posts in order, you’ll remember that we’ve gotten our students to the point where they pretty much distinguish…
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