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Reading volume matters. Whether it’s through read aloud, read-to-self or independent reading, listening to read, or core texts - our classrooms and schools should be filled with books. These books go home, they are housed in school libraries, and can be found on classroom shelves in book bins. With diverse needs and classrooms, book bin alternatives matter. Throughout the post, you’ll ...
The bulletin board. Nothing drives fear and disgust into my heart like these 10x5 beasts can. Big rocks matter, especially in our classrooms. Between planning, preparing, collaborating, connecting ...
Celebrations, joy, goal-setting - they all matter in the classrooms, especially when we aren’t physically sharing the same space. We are waist deep in Distance Learning - learning, autocorrecting, and ...
Word study matters. Explicit and systematic phonics instruction is critical for our emerging readers. Direct instruction has to be a component of our reading blocks, as well as, opportunities for ...
Number Talks (1st Grade, 2nd Grade) offer students to opportunity to share their math thinking, hear others’ thinking, try on new ideas, ask questions, and make connections. The foundation for Number ...
Over the last 8 weeks, we have covered a lot of ground. We've explored each other's classrooms, traded ideas, asked questions, and remembered why The ...
My name is Catherine, and I am an organization addict. It's true friends. I love procedures and order and know my classroom runs smoothly because of ...
Today I'm sharing some of my classroom 'must-haves'. These are resources that have paid dividends for me, completely worth the expense. We use these ...
Hey, friends! Today I wanted to drop by and share how our Writer's Workshop is developing. We jumped right into Narrative Writing and we are loving ...
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