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Notable Children Books Younger Readers The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend .  By Dan Santat. Illus. by the author. Little ...

Fun Things to Know about New Year's Eve The first New Year was celebrated 4,000 years by the ancient Babylonians. In ancient Rome th...

Illustrating  the  Strength of a Cylinder Need: Notebook paper Tape Book Procedure: 1. Roll the paper on its short side into a c...

Try this quick Critical Thinking time-saving activity with your students to set learning in motion. Tonight Talk Show Host You are a t...

Setting up a daily message is easy. All you need is space for students to sit, a whiteboard or flip char paper, sentence   starters, and a...

Louisiana Territory Math Investigation April 12, 1803 James Monroe arrives in Paris intent on buying the city of New Orleans. He ends ...

Well, I have been thinking about our students taking the iLEAP, LEAP , and EOC tests (state tests for Louisiana) because standardized test...

CLICK HERE: Here is a kid friendly poster based on Bloom's taxonomy .

There are many ways that teachers prepare their students for tests. I would love for you to share your ideas. Don't forget, teache...

The Common Core State Standards video is a reposted from Council of Great City Schools.

Are your students having trouble summarizing? Need a reading strategy that will help your students write a well-developed summary of a story...

A ugust 28, 1963 was the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation Act, which freed the slaves. More than 200,000 people gather...

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 Struggling readers need to know more words. One of the biggest challenges facing struggling readers is their limited word knowledge. E...

The use of various senses and learning styles will result in greater student learning.

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