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    Growth mindset is a way of thinking that can transform your classroom and empower your students to reach their highest potential. Learn how to encourage it!

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    The Importance of Growth Mindset

    First Chapter Fridays is an engaging way to introduce new books, authors, and genres. These tips keep students engaged during whole-class reading.

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    First Chapter Fridays and Novel Read-Aloud Engagement Tips

    "Giggles and Grammar" is the BEST grammar curriculum that engages students in meaningful, systematic grammar lessons and helps students LOVE learning grammar skills.

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    “Giggles and Grammar” Curriculum for Upper Elementary

    Learn how to organize meaningful early finisher activities that cater to diverse student needs, promote independence, promote critical thinking, and encourage student growth.

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    Meaningful Early Finisher Activities

    Learn how to build connections and student relationships with success stickers. These have quickly become one of my favorite traditions!

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    How To Build Connections and Student Relationships with Success Stickers

    Brew up some with these upper elementary Halloween literacy activities guaranteed to provide seasonal fun while also addressing your important literacy standards.

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    Upper Elementary Halloween Literacy Activities

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    The Best Morning Work Activities

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    Explore gifted enrichment tips, effective strategies, and resources to engage and challenge your gifted learners in the general education classroom.

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    Gifted Enrichment Tips for the General Education Classroom

    Picture books serve as great mentor texts for demonstrating how to connect with others and build relationship skills. Here are six lessons for upper elementary.

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    Using Picture Books to Help Students Build Relationship Skills

    Includes 12 of my favorite picture books so you’ll have a list of literacy read-alouds and activities guaranteed to engage and inspire all year long!

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    A Full Year of Literacy Read-Alouds and Activities

    Download lists with the best upper elementary books and free printable bookmarks with reading response questions to share with families throughout the year.

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    The Best Upper Elementary Books and Free Printable Bookmarks

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The winner of this year’s March Madness Picture Bo The winner of this year’s March Madness Picture Book Competition is officially IN, and I’d love to hear which book won your bracket! Swipe to see how our school’s bracket played out. 🐟 🦀 I had a feeling from the beginning that Don’t Trust Fish would be a favorite, and it sure was. It came down to this one and Stalactite and Stalagmite, but Don’t Trust Fish took it all!
🚨 This FREE fractions and decimals math project is 🚨 This FREE fractions and decimals math project is one I’ve used for THREE different observations over the years, and it incorporates math, reading, and social studies in the very best way. We’ve had so many eye-opening moments completing it this week, and my students have a solid understanding of converting fractions and decimals with denominators of 10 and 100. 👏 💖 Comment below, and I’ll send it to you.
First day of our Picture Book Showdown is in the b First day of our Picture Book Showdown is in the books (so much pun intended)!! Teachers all over my school are participating, and I can’t wait to narrow it down to the top 8! My brackets are totally free if you’d like to join in the fun! 🩷🤩 Comment below for all the info, including a template to make your own bracket!
This morphology routine has quickly skyrocketed to This morphology routine has quickly skyrocketed to a top priority in my classroom! I usually print students their own pages, but we’re saving copies so this works just as well. Comment below, and I’ll send you info for implementing it into your classroom! 🩷
📣 Let’s hear it! As a classroom teacher, what acad 📣 Let’s hear it! As a classroom teacher, what academic skill do you wish more students had when they entered your grade level? 🧐
It’s definitely true that educational trends come It’s definitely true that educational trends come and go…. And I’ve seen some GREAT ones and done away with some meh ones. I was introduced to Hands on Equations to teach algebraic concepts over 17 years ago, and it’s one of the resources I still use every single year! Kids love it, I love it, parents love it. 👏 

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It’s time for a Picture Book March Madness Showdow It’s time for a Picture Book March Madness Showdown, and I can’t wait to see the winner this year! 📕 Swipe to see the 8 pairs I have chosen to go head to head this year, and comment below for a free copy of my brackets and to learn more about how I implement this on a classroom and school wide level! 

There are many other creators out there who have done this for years and inspired me to implement this in my classroom a few years ago. 🩷
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