…names or nicknames helps to build a community where they feel welcome in your classroom. It helps students feel comfortable from the second they come into your classroom. Creating a…
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Are you working on building your collection of books to add to your classroom library? Grab this free guide to help as you add titles to your wishlist, work to…
…classroom. I couldn’t be happier with the way things went…parents were asking about the projects and things we are working on in our classroom rather than asking about their child’s…
…build a classroom community at the beginning of the year because you can carefully choose books with themes that will help set the tone in your classroom. There is something…
…classroom; it is not a holiday that kids get *too* wild and excited about and once the fun of the shadow-watching is over, your day can move on. It’s really…
…Reading aloud and sharing a diverse set of books in your classroom sets the tone for reading in your classroom and gets your students excited about reading. How can you…
…types of mini-lessons: Routines and procedures of writing workshop:. Strategies for writing (thinking of ideas, writing process). Skills (paragraph writing, using quotation marks, run-on sentences, etc.). Writer’s Craft (writing a…
The first day of school is always cra-zy!!! There is so much to do; from getting to know your students to procedures to supplies…and then there’s the paperwork! There is…
…procedures for your groups that they will run very smoothly; but at the beginning of the year, it takes some time to get in the swing of things. (So be…