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  • TEACHER’S HEALTH AND MOTIVATION
    • Rest and Recharge: A Teacher’s Guide for the Holidays
    • The Secret to Transform Student Behavior and Classroom Culture
    • The Power of a Teacher Check-In Buddy: How to Stay Motivated and Have Fun Doing It 🎯💌
    • Nurturing the Flame Within: A Teacher’s Guide to Self-Care in Winter
    • 10 Effective Ways for Teachers to Stay Motivated and Engaged in the Classroom
    • Practice What You Teach: 5 Simple Self-Care Practices for Teachers
    • Embrace the Summer Break: Refresh and Renew Yourself for the Classroom
    • 14 Ideas to Pamper Yourself Before School Starts
  • TEACHING WITH LITERATURE
    • Teaching Reading through Literature
      • Effective Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary
      • Effective Guided Reading Strategies for Elementary Students
      • Teaching Thematic Units Across the Curriculum
        • Benefits of Reading Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs During Your Weather Unit
    • Read-Alouds A Powerful Tool
      • How I Turn a Read-Aloud into a Full Literacy Pack
  • Reading Comprehension / SKILLS
    • Boost Student Engagement with Interactive Bookmarks
    • 12 Fun and Engaging Literacy Activities for Your Classroom
    • Escape Rooms
      • Reading Practice Hiding in Plain Sight
      • 🧩 How to Run a Reading Escape Room Without Losing Your Mind
      • 📚 Why Reading Escape Rooms Work in the Elementary Classroom
    • Sweet Reads + Skills
      • 📚 What Are Sweet Reads + Skills Packs? A Peek Inside!
      • ✨ Making the Most of Sweet Reads + Skills Packs in Your Classroom
      • 💬 Real Teachers, Real Classrooms: How Sweet Reads + Skills Are Making a Difference
    • Making Reading Connections: Text to Text, Text to Self, and Text to World
      • Teaching Reading with the CCSS: Making Connections to Self, Across Texts, and to the World
    • The Power of Systematic Instruction in Elementary Literacy: Building Strong Foundations for Lifelong Learning
    • Boosting Reading Comprehension: Encouraging Summarization and Note-Taking
    • The Power of Asking Questions to Build Reading Comprehension
    • Reading Comprehension Strategies: Reading Aloud and Expanding Topics
    • Understanding Structured Literacy: A Comprehensive Approach to Effective Elementary Education
    • Enhancing Context Clue Skills through Crossword Puzzles: A Fun and Engaging Approach
    • 8 Tips to Improve Reading Comprehension for 2nd Graders: Strategies and Book Suggestions
    • Structure of a Story: Plot
      • How to Effectively Teach Plot Structure to Elementary Students
    • Uncategorized
    • Background Knowledge strategies
      • Strategies to Build Background Knowledge
      • Teaching Point of View According to Common Core State Standards
  • POETRY
    • Unlocking the Power of Poetry: Writing Haiku, Shape Poetry, Diamanté, and Acrostic
    • April Is National Poetry Month: Enhance Elementary Students’ Skills by Teaching Poetry
    • Fall Poetry: Metaphors
  • HOLIDAYS and SEASONAL
    • 🍂 Fun Fall-Themed Literacy Activities for October
      • 🎃 The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: A Spooky-Cute October Reading Companion
    • Back to school
      • Back-to-School Classroom Activities to Build Critical Thinking and Community
      • 🎒 Kick Off the School Year with the Brown Bag Biography: A Unique Student Intro Activity
    • New Year
      • ✈️ Pack Your Bags for a New Year Adventure: Around the World New Year’s Traditions
    • Engaging Students on Valentine’s Day
      • Read Aloud Books on Kindness
    • Teaching in March: Engaging Lessons for Women’s History Month, National Nutrition Month, and Read Across America Day
    • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Watercress and Other Read Alouds
    • Fun and Creative End of Year Awards for Celebrating Elementary Students Success
    • 10 Ways to Prevent the Summer Slump
    • Favorite Children’s Christmas Books
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  • New Year

    January 7, 2022
  • Favorite Christmas Books

    Favorite Christmas Books

    November 23, 2021

  • Fall Poetry: Metaphors

    November 15, 2021

  • Teaching Reading through Literature

    November 12, 2021

  • Teaching: Sharing the love

    October 21, 2021

  • Changes

    October 21, 2021
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