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When I launched my reading workshop, part of that included implementing reading notebooks for my students. What I would typically do is during the summer prior to the start of

Before we discuss ways in which we can help our students to become critical thinkers we must first understand what critical thinking encompasses. Critical thinking is the ability to analyze

Effective teacher-parent relationships are extremely important when it comes to helping our children to succeed in the classroom. The partnership that you as the teacher form with parents will ensure

There are some who feel that the teaching of cursive handwriting has lost its relevance in this day and age. Some say that it’s not a necessary or a required

When I was in elementary school, I remember thinking back then that once I had finished the spelling test, I’m just going to forget a lot of the words. I

What is a guided reading group? Let’s start by discussing what is a guided reading group. The guided reading group is a method by which small groups of students with

During my early years of teaching, I didn’t implement musical arts in my classroom. I might have brought my guitar in class during winter holidays but aside from that, that

You may wonder why one would even use this strategy at all. Well, first and foremost it greatly improves your students’ reading comprehension. It helps students think about the text

I remember early on in my teaching career I didn’t require my students to read a certain number of books per school year, or a certain number of books per

In a lot of different fields such as sports, martial arts and business, people have mentors. Mentors are usually older people who have dealt a lot of years with the