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End of Year Testing Tips… but for COMPUTER testing
As schools move to online state assessments, students need more than traditional test-taking strategies. They need computer-based testing skills. While classic tips like “check your
Testing Encouragement Tags for Students (Easy Ideas with Treat Pairings for Test Day Motivation)
Boost student confidence during testing season with these printable encouragement tags! Includes 6 easy ideas with candy and trinket pairings to make test days fun,
How to Make Annotating Text FUN Again: The SNOTS Strategy Students Actually Love
Getting students to annotate text without highlighting the entire passage? A challenge to say the least! Today, I’m sharing one of my favorite strategies for
Small Groups, Big Impact: A Fresh Approach to Math Instruction
As elementary teachers, we know that small-group instruction can be incredibly powerful. It allows us to listen to student thinking, target specific needs, and guide
Jellybean Activities Problem-Based Learning: A Hands-On Math PBL Students Love
Looking for fun and easy jellybean graphing activity this Spring season? This Jellybean PBL is exactly what you need! Read on to learn more about
Class Valentine: Mini Pen Valentine’s for the Classroom
Valentine’s Day in the classroom should feel fun, simple, and stress-free, not like one more thing on your to-do list. And giving Valentine’s Day cards
A Classroom Case Study: How Explicit Writing Instruction Transformed My Second Graders’ Writing
For my Master’s of Education program in Instructional Design, I studied explicit writing instruction in the primary classroom. So, for my capstone project, I designed
The One Word Reset: A Gentle Way for Teachers to Set Goals (Without Burnout)
About five years ago, I stopped making New Year’s resolutions. Not because I didn’t care about growth, but because the kind of growth resolutions demanded
Snowflake Bentley Activities
Why Snowflake Bentley Is a Powerful Anchor Text for Building Deep, Meaningful Reading Comprehension Some books earn a permanent place in our classroom libraries…not because
