I love a good Advent Calendar, especially when it involves holiday books. Last year we began a tradition where we wrapped…
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The Importance of Teaching Your Students and Children Vocabulary | 4 Ways to Teach Vocabulary at Home and in the Classroom
Many of us were not directly taught vocabulary. We learned it from reading, speaking to our parents, and listening to…
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How to Read to Small Children | 5 Tips and Tricks for Making Reading Enjoyable
The other day I was at a friend’s house and she was reading to her child. Her two year old…
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The Best Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Lesson Plans for Upper Elementary
It’s the start of the holiday season and “magically” kids start to act insane. It’s as if no real work…
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What Does the Turkey Say? | Thanksgiving and Fall Writing and Math Lessons
It’s been about a year since the iconic What Does the Fox Say? song came out. Although we were living in…
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