One simple, powerful shift that can make a huge difference in how effective the classroom space really is: looking at it through the eyes of your students. Get ideas.

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What are you assuming students know?

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Allison Behne shares the value of open-ended questions and what we can learn from them. 

A variety of text formats will help increase engagement and cement strategy instruction. 

Discover a few ideas that might help develop that intrinsic desire in students to select good-fit books.

A fun math activity for Valentine's Day. 

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3 Easy Ideas and Complete Printable Sets to Brighten Your Hallway, Door, or Bulletin Board

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Come inside and cool off with one of these 12 summer-themed titles.

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One of the best things I add to our I-charts when we are building behaviors for any independent work is . . .

Try this idea to add more kindness to your classrooms!

Here are the materials we use most in our small-group work.

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Becky Mosbacher shares how she hooks middle-school readers who have lost the joy of reading. 

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