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March read alouds and related activities to use during morning meeting and your upper elementary literacy block.

March Read Alouds and Related Seasonal Activities

Read alouds are one of the best things about teaching elementary school! Between the start of Spring, St. Patrick’s Day, Holi, and International Women’s Day, March is a super fun …

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Teaching current events in the classroom can be daunting, but these tips and resources can help you bring the news to your students' level.

Age Appropriate Ways to Use Current Events in the Classroom

Teaching current events in the classroom can be a daunting task, especially when current events can sometimes feel difficult to process as an adult. However, if we don’t teach current …

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Simple upper elementary activities, lesson ideas, and book suggestions you can use to increase student engagement mid-year.

4 Easy Activities to Increase Student Engagement

As we settle into February, it can become harder and harder to engage students. If we view student engagement as closely linked to student motivation, and the school year as …

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Practical test prep tips for how to make test prep meaningful and effective for upper elementary students.

Meaningful Test Prep Tips for Students

As you inch closer to state testing, do you ever feel like you’ve wasted the last few months on routine test prep instead of meaningful learning with your students? It’s …

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This FREE context clues guide includes a ton of ideas, context clues lessons, essential skills, book list, free activities, and more!

The Complete Guide to Teaching Math Vocabulary

I am a firm believer that students in the upper grades can be expected to use precise math vocabulary. This means they know the difference between conceptual and computational errors, …

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February read alouds and related activities to use during morning meeting and your upper elementary literacy block.

February Read Alouds and Related Activities

It’s February, which means it’s time to mix up your book lists and bring in new seasonal read alouds! Here are some of my favorite February read alouds to use during …

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Free Morphology Activities

Are you ready to get started teaching prefixes and suffixes? This FREE word study bundle can help!

free upper elementary notebook ideas for teaching prefixes and suffixes along with Greek or Latin roots

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