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Reading

Why Your Students Don’t Have to Love Reading

Most teachers love reading and learning. It’s a big reason why teachers become teachers. While students loving reading is awesome, it’s important to understand that reading is about a whole lot more than doing so for enjoyment. Here is why your students don’t have to love reading, but they do need to be able to read proficiently. Why do students…

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Reading, Writing

How to Implement a Reading Fluency Creative Writing Routine

Many students in the primary grades struggle with writing stories and reading with fluency. When I noticed that my first graders had mastered writing a good, basic sentence, but couldn’t string a few together, I knew a needed to find a solution. They also needed to work on their reading fluency, so I decided to solve both problems at once:…

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IB Learning, Social Studies

8 Hands On Community Helper Centers for First Grade

If your kindergarten or first grade students are learning about community helpers, these hands on, immersive centers are the perfect activity to add to your inquiry into community jobs. Students will love the opportunity to work at a vet clinic, mail a letter, fix a car, or try their hand at baking the perfect pizza. At the same time, they…

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Classroom Management, Reading

12 Picture Books that Showcase Diverse Families

If you’re working towards making your classroom more inclusive and reflective of the wider community, pictures books can be a great tool to showcase diverse families and home life set ups. In addition to using more inclusive language, teachers can use read alouds to help students both see their family and other family make ups. It’s a great way to…

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