Category: Teacher Resources and Support
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Bring Winter Magic to Your Classroom
Looking to add a touch of seasonal charm to your classroom? The Winter Wonderland Village of Smarties bulletin board or door décor packet is the perfect way to transform your space into a cozy, winter-themed haven. Designed with elementary teachers in mind, this resource makes planning easy, fun, and engaging…
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Getting Young Learners Writing Daily
Themed Journal Writing Tips for Effective Daily Writing Writing is something we do every day. We don’t give it a thought. If we need to write something down we grab a pen and paper and write. It has become an automatic skill. Our young writers are not at this stage,…
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Holiday Stress at School
School Stress During the Holiday Season We love the holidays! But it is also a time when we do more. We do more at home to prepare for the holidays and we do more at school. The music teacher prepares specific grade levels for a Holiday Music Program. The kids…
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Planning Your Class Fall or Halloween Party
Planning Fall/Halloween Parties To keep you from dreading having classroom parties and to have them go smoothly you must plan for it. Planning your Fall/Halloween party will lead you to having a successful fun time! Organize the Party Decide on a date and time that your party will held. Knowing…
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Halloween Themed Writing Picture Prompts
Halloween Writing Picture Prompts Don’t you just love the festive “fun-ness” of Halloween? Your kids get to dress up. It is as much fun helping your kids decide how to dress up as it is for them to get dressed up. What an engaging way to get your students…
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National Hispanic Heritage Month and Your ESL Students
Hispanic Heritage Month is a time for recognizing and celebrating your Hispanic students. Honoring and allowing them to take pride in the histories, cultures, and language of those students whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America is a great way to build up these kids. Many…
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Return to School Covid Safe
Return to School Covid Safe Covid 19 is a pandemic that has affected every single one of us. The approaches to this disease have changed as time has passed. Our schools, our classrooms, and our students have been affected by how we have dealt with this disease. There have…
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Using Daily Nonfiction Journal Writing to Strengthen Sentence Writing
Learning to Write is Hard Work Kindergarten and 1st-grade students need to learn to write. They have a difficult time learning to write a sentence. So as teachers, we figure out how to entice them to do this. There is so much they are learning. They have to take the…
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Writing Santa a Letter
WRITE SANTA A LETTER Do your students know how to write a letter? Maybe they don’t know what a letter is? It would be great if K-1 students learned how to write a letter to Santa. Santa Letter Activities I created a teaching resource that takes your student step-by-step…
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Thanksgiving Activities Your Classroom
The Spirit of Thanksgiving in the Classroom Ways to Include Thanksgiving Into Your Classroom Thanksgiving is coming and here are some of the fun and thoughtful ways to bring in holidays into your classroom that your students will enjoy. One of the most engaging ways to learn at school,…
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