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Ideas to help kids to Restate the Question in the Answer

Getting kids to restate the question in the answer is a skill that most teachers expect from their students. It helps to make sure students are writing in complete sentences. It helps students answer the specific question that is asked, as well. In my class, I use the acronym PQA (Put the Question in the Answer). After hearing from teachers from all over, I realized that 1) Many people don’t call restating the question PQA

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Back to School Tips

The Back to School season is officially upon us.  I’m joining together with some of my favorite bloggers to give you a bunch of tips to help you sail into the new year smoothly!  The beginning of each school year is always a bit hectic. With new items to set up in your classroom, and getting things prepared for students, it’s a lot of work. And that doesn’t even include trying to learn a new

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Use old wooden stools to create share chairs for the classroom.

Monday Made It: DIY Share Chair

I’m linking up for my first ever Monday Made It.  I’m not the crafty type.  As much as I want to be, and I want to be successful, I just don’t have the crafty gene.  Most of my stuff is worthy of being on Pinterest Fail.  I try and I try and I try and I try.  And it just never quite comes out the way it should.  So I generally don’t care to share

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4 Corners instructional strategy

4 Corners- A Kinesthetic Preassessment

4 Corners is a strategy typically used to build students’ anticipation for new content.  You can use it to gauge students knowledge and comfort with a topic before you begin teaching.  But, one of my favorite ways to review a skill is to use the 4 Corners strategy. I like it because it gets the kids up and moving. I also like it because your kids can hide within the pack if they aren’t confident

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Teacher Lesson Planner

Last year I used a customizable teacher planner from A Modern Teacher as my plan book, and I loved it!  I loved that I was able to make it completely the way I needed and wanted.  I’m a paper planner kind of person, and so having one that I can make completely to work for me and my tastes makes me excited. Here are a couple pictures I uploaded last year on Instagram. April has

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