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Productivity Hacks for Your Planning Time

Busy teachers need these simple tips and strategies to ramp up productivity during their planning time. New teachers and seasoned teachers benefit from using their time wisely. Ok, admit it.  There’s been a time or two that you’ve fiddled around and wasted your planning time. I’ve been there. How many

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Daily writing time offers enormous benefits for students

Planning for daily writing time is enormously beneficial to your students’ growth and improvement as writers. This article provides recommendations for implementing daily writing time into your class routine. And yes, that means writing every. single. day. Daily Writing Time Do you provide students daily writing time?  Daily writing time

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Resource Ideas for Upper Elementary Teachers

Here are 9 resource ideas for stress-free teaching in upper elementary grades. Engage your reluctant learners with these motivating ideas. There’s nothing better than finding the right resource when you need it most. Teachers Pay Teachers delivers for sure. Here are my top recommendations for stress-free teaching! Hehe! Is there

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How to Teach the RACE Writing Strategy

Teachers and students rely on the RACE or RACES writing strategies to construct high-quality answers using text evidence.   WHAT IS THE RACE/RACES WRITING RESPONSE STRATEGY? Students and teachers rely on the RACE/RACES written response strategy for a good reason. It’s a simple method for teaching students how to answer

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10 Terrific Co-Teaching Tips!

Having two teachers in one classroom can be a dream come true in so many ways. So how can you make the most of an inclusive “push-in” situation? Here are 10 co-teaching tips for you and your teaching partner – whether you’re the general education classroom teacher or the intervention

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Q & A – Career Education Resource Bundle

The Career Education Resource Bundle contains real-world lessons on career exploration, readiness skills, and financial literacy for high school students. Do you remember approaching high school graduation feeling unsure about your future steps?  High school students have used the words exhilarating and terrifying to describe the next stage of their

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