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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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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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Create a Teacher Planner with Coil Binding

Making a coil-bound teacher planner for your lesson plans, grade book, and other essential teacher forms is easy and kind of fun! I’ve always seen binding machines at the schools where I’ve taught, but I’d never used one before. It seemed intimidating, and who has time to deal with the

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How to Assign Student Work with Google Classroom

Here’s an easy step-by-step guide for teachers about how to assign work to students using Google Classroom for digital classroom lessons and distance learning to teach remotely. Google Classroom is user-friendly, but anything new can be confusing for those of us who aren’t necessarily teacher-techy. No fears! Here’s a quick,

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Step-By-Step: Convert Worksheets for Distance Learning

Here’s a quick tutorial on converting PDFs to distance learning digital resources for learning management systems (LMS) and how to upload a single page from a PDF document into Google Slides and Google Classroom for students to use.   Online teaching and using digital resources for our students was thrust

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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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What Teachers Need to Know About Academic Supports

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.  As a new teacher, I had prepared

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