Many of us are on the steady ascent into a new school year. Plan books at the ready—we’re going to create some magic! But some of our students coming in have been spellbound—by a Dark Arts spell: Learnicus Paralysis. Their peers, grades, and past experiences have cursed them to believe they’re stupid. They feel unworthy…
The Secret Ingredients to Effective Classroom Management
You’re all excited about the new school year—you’ve got your school supplies, your new planner, and class schedule. You are ready. But then. . .you remember some behavior issues from last year, or worse yet, another teacher warns you about that student, who’s in your class this year. You know the one. He’s always off task, she’s…
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How to Reach All Your Levels–Even if You Don’t Teach in Small Group
With increasing fluency needs and disparity between grade levels, what is a teacher to do? You may feel like you have students coming to you in 7thgrade who are 2 or 3 grade levels behind! How do we even teach 7th grade reading if they can’t read? But you’re not alone. I get it! Just last…
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How to Reach ALL Your Levels Year After Year
Sometimes we worry that all the extra work we put into reaching ALL our levels in reading isn’t ever going to work. We can tell that what we are doing, how we are teaching, is just not working for these students. . .day in and day out, year after year. We may be teaching…
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The Surprising Tool That Saves You Time Every Year
During the school year we teachers just don’t have time to do anything extra. Time is our MOST valuable commodity. If there is some training or professional development we aren’t required to do—forget about it. But summer break on the other hand? That’s a whole different story! After the first few weeks of getting caught…
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