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Classroom Economy systems are an exciting way to teach financial literacy skills. This free resource makes it easy to create your own classroom economy system!

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Whole Brain Teaching is an exciting method of delivering instruction developed by Chris Biffle. Download a free set of posters to introduce his 5 classroom-transforming rules.

Whole Brain Teaching is an exciting method of delivering instruction developed by Chris Biffle. Download a free set of posters to introduce his 5 classroom-transforming

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20 Tips for Motivating Gifted Kids to Think

Discover 20 helpful tips for motivating gifted kids to enjoy thinking deeply. Teach them to love tackling problems by helping them develop a growth mindset.

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Discover teaching tips for helping your students reflect on what they’ve learned during a class field trip. Free Field Trip Follow Up Report included!

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Five Looks on a Book is a simple and fun activity that offers a fun twist on the traditional book report. Students name five adjectives that describe their book and then write one supporting detail for each adjective. Freebie in the post!

Looking for a fun twist on book reports? Check out the “Five Looks on a Book” strategy described in this post, and download this free

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Learn how to set up a Book Tasting event in your classroom to spark curiosity and excitement about reading different types of books.

Learn how to set up a Book Tasting event in your classroom to spark your students’ curiosity and excitement about reading different types of books.

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School’s out and it’s time to celebrate! Here are a dozen fun and effective strategies to turn your students’ end-of-the-year energy into instructional success!

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Read this Advice from Real Teachers blog post to explore 24 teacher-tested ideas for celebrating the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year with your students.

Read this Advice from Real Teachers blog post to explore 24 teacher-tested ideas for celebrating the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year with your

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DonorsChoose - A Jackpot of Classroom Funding!

Free Webinar for Teachers! Click here for the replay! Do you know about DonorsChoose.org? It’s an amazing organization that helps public school teachers in the

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Boost the effectiveness of your active engagement lessons with the FREE countdown timers described in this post!

Boost the effectiveness of your active engagement lessons with the FREE countdown timers described in this post!

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The Question Connection is a way for educators to connect with each other to ask and answer questions about teaching strategies and classroom management.

Got Teacher Questions? Read this post to find out how the Question Connection works, and then submit your question HERE. When I first started teaching I

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20 Terrific Quiet Signals That Work

When you teach hands-on lessons, it’s important to have an effective quiet signal! This blog post includes 20 quiet signals and attention signals that work!

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Tag: featured teaching tips

Five Looks on a Book is a simple and fun activity that offers a fun twist on the traditional book report. Students name five adjectives that describe their book and then write one supporting detail for each adjective. Freebie in the post!

Fun Twist on Book Reports!

Looking for a fun twist on book reports? Check out the “Five Looks on a Book” strategy described in this post, and download this free graphic organizer to use with the lesson!

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DonorsChoose - A Jackpot of Classroom Funding!

DonorsChoose: A Jackpot of Classroom Funding!

Free Webinar for Teachers! Click here for the replay! Do you know about DonorsChoose.org? It’s an amazing organization that helps public school teachers in the U.S. get funding for their classroom projects. I received thousands of dollars from donors when I was teaching, and now I love telling others about

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The Question Connection is a way for educators to connect with each other to ask and answer questions about teaching strategies and classroom management.

The Question Connection: Advice from Real Teachers

Got Teacher Questions? Read this post to find out how the Question Connection works, and then submit your question HERE. When I first started teaching I was full of questions, and I continued to have questions when I tried new strategies or ran into difficulties. It used to be that we

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