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If you are looking for free and inexpensive tools to make the most of instructional time with your students, check out these ideas.

This introduction to poetry gives teachers ideas on teaching poetry minlessons that make a difference in how your students think about poems.

In the first month of school, teachers are usually focused on classroom setup, establishing procedures, launching routines, and digging into the first unit. Although we DO want students to be organized and to feel safe as individuals, we also need them to open up and collaborate as part of a bigger classroom community. Read on for 9 ideas about how to create bonding, shared experiences, and interactions that foster community-building. (By the way, you can check out a similar blog post of…

First-year teacher advice: How to prepare for your first year of teaching, how to decorate your classroom, what to do on the first day of school, and more!

Use inquiry to drive your units instead of novels alone. Essential Questions broaden conversations to the big picture and encourage critical thinking and this free download is going to help you get started. This set will work for middle school ELA or high school ELA teachers that want engagement and creativity in their classrooms.

I began elementary school in the era of phonics. Looking back, I can honestly say that it seemed to work okay. Matching pictures with their word families in plaid workbooks... I learned to read, but

As students head back to school, ELA teachers everywhere are considering how they are going to begin the school year, so I wanted to walk you through one of my favorite lesson plans entitled, “Why do we read?” As an educator, there are few things as exciting and rewarding as introducing a young person to […]