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Happy in Our Skin: Manushkin, Fran, Tobia, Lauren: 9780763670023: Amazon.com: Books

Diversity

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Executive functioning skills

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Long division: just in case you need to brush up, or if your calculator is broken! Important for many types of nursing medication calculations.

Math

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grammar

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This year our 1st grade team has transitioned to using Mentor Texts to teach and guide students through our writing genres. It’s my first year knee-deep in mentor texts and I am in love! Mentor texts offer students a ‘real’ perspective on a genre and give students a ‘real’ author to model. Making writing concrete...
I love doing this activity when teaching suspense and climax in narrative writing. Upper elementary students will have fun learning these elements of plot!
A Moment in Time use for a small moment in narrative writing

Writing narratives

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Are you looking for growth mindset picture book activities? The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes provides ample opportunities for student discussion and reflection. These easy to use activities are perfect for 2nd-6th grade classrooms looking for depth in their growth mindset instruction.
Our Growth Mindset Class-Created Anchor Chart

Read alouds

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Meet the Teacher

back to school

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Check out my blog for 5 Engagement Strategies that you can start using with your students today!!
SKUNK--A Fun Game of Chance and Probability

Engagement strategies

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Reading Comprehension: Strategies For Middle School Students
ELA in the middle | Middle School English, Language Arts. This is something that can be used in social studies to bolster cross curricular

anchor charts

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Figurative Language Text Hunt with FREE Printable Pack - This Reading Mama
Teaching With a Mountain View: Figurative Language Review

Figurative language

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Classroom door ideas for back to school can welcome and inspire your students as they enter your classroom! Find inspiration for your classroom door decorations here. #classroomdoor #classroomdecor #classroom

Classroom Door

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Classroom decor - class room set up

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More adorable polka dots from @emilythirdandgoal on her @iamkidpresident quote #bulletinboard. Do you use Kid President in your classroom?
Classroom Library Makeover | A Teeny Tiny Teacher | Bloglovin’
Love, love, love This quote wall from @teachcreatemotivate ! She is speaking my language! Don't you love it? Repost from @teachcreatemotivate #teachersfollowteachers

Classroom decor - Other

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Pixar shorts - Other

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bulletin boards

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Over 80 sentence starters among 12 different categories! Perfect for Reading Response Journals! Includes small and large charts.

Reading responses

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Fun and fresh End of the Year activities, including a "How to Succeed" brochure to give to next year's class, a "Song and Dance of Learning" group project, a "Summer Goals" flap booklet, a "Suitcase of Memories" keepsake, and more! Geared to Grades 3-5. Grade 1-2 edition also available. Click through to find link. ($)
Short Stories With a Twist Ending

End of year

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Election Day Theme Unit - Free Printable Worksheets, Games, and Activities for…
October is such a fun month for us in 5th grade. We spend the month learning about what life was like for the early settlers. We begin each month by establishing our colonial families. I arrange th...
This 15 page explorer unit is aligned with the Common Core, and will help you guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched reports about a famous explorer. Great social studies research process. (TpT Resource)

Social studies

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Walking Through Standards Based Grading: Part 3 and a Teacher Data Tracking Tool
Adventures of a 6th Grade Teacher: anchor charts
Teaching Theme in the Upper Grades and a FREEBIE! - Teaching to Inspire with Jennifer Findley

Theme

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Test Prep: Graffiti Style - This is a great test prep activity that works well with language or reading test prep.
Test Prep Gallery Walk...Get students moving and that test prep/review becomes a lot more fun (and they learn more). Wonderful post!
Escape classrooms are awesome for reading test prep! This reviews main idea, context clues, reasons & evidence, poetry, theme, character traits, point of view, and summarizing. #escapeclassroom #breakoutedu

Parcc

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Are you looking for a way to help children and social responsibility skills in the classroom? This informative post outlines how-to run effective classroom meetings today! It includes details about the schedule, social emotional topics, lessons and activities, books, and a FREE planner to get you set!
These shout out cards are great for promoting kindness and a positive classroom community! Use them as morning work, a station available throughout the day, a bulletin board, as notes home to parents, etc. The download contains two versions of the cards: one with a regular black border, and one with a speech bubble border. The cards also come in two different sizes. #shoutoutcards #elementaryschool #growthmindset #classroomcommunity #kindness
Building a positive community in your classroom is so important at the beginning of the school year. Read how to get off to a positive start.

Social emotional learning

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If you're a teacher and you've ever taught writing, I need not insert the thoughts that run through your head as you read a piece that you've worked on for 2 weeks only to get something that looks lik
Show, Don't Tell

Writer Workshop

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The Teacher Next Door
Fun Daily exercises in developing comprehension in children who are reading "words", not the thoughts composed of words. The Old Schoolhouse Magazine - December 2012 - Page 32
evidence-based-terms

Reading strategies

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Eight ways to differentiate worksheets in your classroom. The last one has been a life saver, and is very empowering for the students!
A blog to help elementary teachers build readers and writers who think boldly and deeply.
Fresh ways to Present and Explore Ideas PG 73. Great idea for using technology for multisensory learning.Shut the Front Door! Digital Differentiation with Google Forms

Differentiation

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Make summarizing concrete by breaking down its pieces before having the students write!
Learning to write a summary can be a tricky skill for students. It is not always easy to pick the appropriate information to include. One way I help my students write a summary is with google docs. Click here to learn more.

Summarizing

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