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Successful Collaboration with a Paraprofessional Aide

SVG Image Map Example The Importance of Working With Your Paraprofessionals As a special education teacher, I have to collaborate with several adults throughout my

Ten Reasons to Teach Wonder the Book by RJ Palacio

Wonder, the book by R.J. Palacio, is an amazing book on so many levels. If you have not read it, do it now. Like right now.

Although they often tend to be taught separately, for some reason, phonics and phonemic awareness actually go hand-in-hand. Our guest blogger shares a list of fun activity ideas for teaching phonics and phonemic awareness in primary classrooms, so click through to read more.

Fun Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Ideas

Please welcome Miss W, a teacher-author from Australia. She’s sharing with us several tried-and-true methods for teaching phonics and phonemic awareness to kiddos in fun

Tips for Dancing in the Classroom

Renee Dawn of Teacher Ink is with us today, sharing her ideas on how to incorporate dancing in the classroom. She shares several fun ways

teaching equality and diversity in the classroom

How to Teach Equality and Diversity in Your Classroom

Please welcome Maren of Malimo Mode to the blog today! She’s sharing tips on teaching equality and diversity in your classroom, which is so important

Got a Minute, Two, or Five?

Gail Hennessey is our guest blogger today. She’s sharing great ideas for time-fillers at the middle school level. Keep those kiddos working until the bell

Text Time is the perfect reading skills practice that you've been looking for! It includes 60 reading passages, which really translates to 120 passages because there are two levels for each. Click through to read more about what's included in this awesome reading skills review resource!

Reading Skills Review the Easy Way!

So, a few months ago I was thinking about making an ELA skills review product – something with several different skills on one page –

Although it's especially important at the beginning of the school year, it's important to take time throughout the year to work on growing relationships with your students. Our guest blogger shares five tips for showing your students you care about them and growing strong relationships with them. Click through to read more.

Growing Strong Relationships with Your Students

Hey y’all! I am Jacqueline from The Little Ladybug Shop in Houston, Texas. I am so honored and blessed to be invited to write a post

How to get started using math talk in my classroom

Getting Started with Effective Mathematical Talk in the Classroom

SVG Image Map Example Using mathematical talk in the classroom is a powerful way to increase our students’ critical thinking and communication skills. However, what

6 Ways to Strengthen the Parent Teacher Relationship

SVG Image Map Example Teaching forces us to be a jack of all trades. Not only do we have to plan meaningful lessons, teach (as

Having students create their own totem poles is an authentic and fun way to have them demonstrate their understanding of a Native American unit! Our guest blogger shares 10 steps for doing a student-made totem pole in this blog post.

How to Create a Student-Made Totem Pole

My name is Michelle from Teaching Ideas for Those Who Love Teaching. I am grateful and truly honored to be guest blogging for Rachel Lynette.

10 Super Easy Phonics Activities to Get Students Reading

SVG Image Map Example Learning, reading, and phonics activities MUST BE FUN! I believe wholeheartedly that if a student isn’t learning the way we teach,