Sentence Starters: A Godsend for Teaching Writing
If you’ve ever attended a training on how to support English Language Learners (ELLs) in your classroom, you’ve probably been…
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Engaging Lessons to Make the First Week of School a Success
What makes the perfect first week of school? We’re pretty sure you could ask 1,000 different teachers this question and…
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Need a New Bellringer? Try These 4 Warm Up Activities
We both made a lot of mistakes our first year teaching (who doesn’t?). But Steph is really glad that her…
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10 YA Stories about Friendship for First Chapter Friday
Steph’s been rewatching Grey’s Anatomy lately (yes, Netflix, I would like to continue watching, thank you), and despite all the…
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Not Another Syllabus! First Day of Class Activities to Engage Students
We’ve never really loved the first day of school. In theory, it sounds great. First day of class activities are…
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10 Inspirational Books for Teens
When we think about high-interest books for students, we often jump straight to fiction: murder mysteries, fantasy, over-the-top drama, science…
