Do you use Interactive Notebooks in your class? I first heard of this teaching tool about ten years ago when I had the opportunity to attend an Avid two-day training. The teacher who taught the class was an AP science…
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As you probably already know, the first two weeks of school are crucial in setting the right tone for the year. If a positive classroom climate isn’t created, where students don’t feel accepted, safe, and respected, it makes for one…
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School starts in two weeks and while my mind is still in summer mode, I am starting to think about the beginning of the year. This is the plan I have for the first two weeks of school. My students…
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“People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.” -Malcolm X At the beginning of each year, I spend close to a week talking about independent reading with my students. To me, it’s worth investing the…
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I love poems. There’s just something amazing and profound that comes from such simplicity. Perfect words, said succently. However, not everyone shares my enthusiasm and I get that. When I first started teaching, I followed what I was taught in…
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