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I wanted to stop by today and share some a few of my "go-to" activities during the first week of school to build our classroom community and set expectations for the year! During the first few days of school, we are setting the tone for the rest of the year. Our students are looking to see what kind of teacher we will be and making judgements about their school year. They're deciding if school is a place they want to come or a place they dread. The choices we make at the beginning of the…

Kids have a blast, boost fluency, practice 4 levels of comprehension, and are given tips and clues by an animated character named "Lefty." Classroom created as a reading center to save planning time and practice nearly every skill daily. Free trials for all to test it out and see if it's a fit!

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Introducing kids to the elements of art definitions gives a solid foundation of art vocabulary. Use these free element of art worksheets to get started!

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Use this awesome tool to find classroom videos and use television in your lesson! Teachers can use ClassHook to improve student engagement and content retention in the classroom by making connections to popular television shows and movies.

This week, I collected a short writing assignment from my students that asked them to create a billboard slogan that summed up key ideas in our One and Only Ivan Novel Study so far. I wanted to quickly grade the assignment with a rating that was more specific than a checkmark at the top of the page. I had a vague memory of something I had seen on Pinterest that showed a piece of copy paper with six sticky notes attached and a brief explanation about running Post-it notes through a printer. I…