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  • TEACHING RESOURCE

    Questions Before, During, and After Reading

    To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…

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    Activating Prior Knowledge

    A complete collection of resources for applying this critical reading strategy Help your students be good readers with…

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    Visualizing

    Learn and apply this critical reading instruction strategy Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our…

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    Using "KWL" In Your Classroom Strategy

    With this teaching strategy resource, we show you how to make the most out of KWL charts in your classroom. K-W-L stands…

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  • Sequencing the Events

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    Sequencing the Events: Teaching Strategies (Grades 1-5)

    Sequencing the events of a text refers to the identification of the beginning, middle, and end. Learn how to teach this…

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  • GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

    Top 10 Writing Graphic Organizers Gallery

    Most teachers reinforce students' skills and understanding with graphic organizers. This collection of our Top 10…

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  • LESSON PLANS

    Identify Story Elements Lesson

    The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in reading comprehension,…

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  • ACTIVITIES

    Directed Reading-Thinking Activity

    Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) is a teaching strategy that guides students in making predictions about a…

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  • Icebreakers: Sample Page 3

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    Make a Giving Tree

    Get to know your students by making a classroom giving tree. To introduce this activity, you'll read Shel Silverstein's…

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  • Resolving Conflicts

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    Resolving Conflicts

    Use this worksheet to teach children about conflict resolution and problem solving. Children will write about a conflict…

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  • Writing Activity Rubric

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    Writing Activity Rubric

    This customizable rubric will help you assess your students' writing performance across your curriculum. The ten-point…

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  • Discipline Must Be Logical

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    Discipline Must Be Logical: Teaching Advice

    In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith discusses discipline and how punishments should fit…

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  • Classroom Activities for The North Star

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    Classroom Activities for The North Star

    Supplement pupils' reading of The North Star, by Peter H. Reynolds, with fun classroom activities designed to encourage…

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    Replace Fear with Trust: Teaching Advice

    In this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, Rafe Esquith explains how to establish a sense of trust with your…

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  • You Are a Role Model: Teaching Advice

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    You Are a Role Model: Teaching Advice

    Learn how to be a good role model in this excerpt from Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.

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  • TEACHING RESOURCE

    Children Depend on Us, So Be Dependable: Teaching Advice

    Rafe Esquith, gives advice on being dependable in your classroom, in this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.…

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  • Henry & Mudge Friendly Fun Icebreaker

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    Henry & Mudge Friendly Fun Icebreaker

    Foster new friendships in your classroom with this icebreaker activity from the Henry and Mudge series. This printable…

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    Fire in the Classroom: Teaching Advice

    This excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire will introduce you to Rafe Esquith and his advice on being a successful…

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  • Diary of a Would-Be Princess Journal Tips for Teachers

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    Diary of a Would-Be Princess Journal Tips for Teachers

    Utilize these teaching tips from Diary of a Would-Be Princess to help your students become great journal writers!

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  • Teaching Advice

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    Gimme Some Truth: Teaching Advice

    This excerpt from Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire will instruct you on how to create a save haven for your…

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  • TEACHING RESOURCE

    What is Dyslexia?

    Learn about Dyslexia, the most prevalent type of learning disability.

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    Bulletin Boards Printables Slideshow

    Find great ideas for your bulletin board, such as careers, ecology, seasons, and animals. All of these activities and…

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  • First Year Letters Classroom Activities

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    First Year Letters Classroom Activities

    Discussion questions and cross-curricular letter-writing activities in this printable packet will extend students'…

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  • Luncheon of the Boating Party

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    Luncheon of the Boating Party

    Explore teaching activities to be used in collaboration with the novel Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland.

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