Teacher Approved: Elementary Teacher Tips & Strategies
By Heidi and Emily, Elementary School Teacher and Resource Designer
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Do you ever feel like there’s just not enough time in the day to be the kind of teacher you really want to be? We know that feeling and we’re here to help! Each week on The Teacher Approved podcast, we discuss how to be the teacher you dream of being by elevating what matters and simplifying the rest.
Join co-hosts Emily and Heidi of Second Story Window as they share research-based and teacher-approved strategies you can count on to make your teaching more efficient and effective than ever before.
Topics include classroom management, routines for the elementary school classroom, planning, student-teacher relationships, teacher organization hacks, student engagement, classroom management, and more. Whether you’re a new teacher seeking guidance or a seasoned educator looking for fresh ideas, the Teacher Approved podcast is your guide to fostering a thriving elementary classroom!
For more teacher approved tips and resources, head to www.secondstorywindow.net and follow along on Instagram @2ndstorywindow.
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185. 6 Easy Tips for Simplifying Test Prep Season
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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184. 6 Simple Spring Cleaning Tips for Freshening up Your Classroom [Fan Fave]
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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183. 2 Smart Test Prep Strategies You Need to Use with Your Students
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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182. Boost Your Test Prep with These 3 Retrieval Practice Activities
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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181. How to Get Ahead on Your Teacher Tasks for a Stress-Free Spring Break
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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180. Make the Most of Morning Work in Your Classroom with These 5 Tips
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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179. How to Find Fast Finisher Success: No More 'I'm Done, Now What?'
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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178. 5 Classroom Management Tips for Taming a Chatty Class [Fan Fave]
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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177. Help Your Class Kick Bad Habits with These 5 Classroom Management Questions [Fan Fave]
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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176. Our 4 Tried and True Tricks to Reset a Rough Day of School
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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175. 10 Easy Ways to Prevent Behavior Problems Before They Start [Fan Fave]
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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174. Boost Student Engagement with Active Participation [Fan Fave]
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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173. Getting into the Nitty Gritty of Classroom Procedures and Routines
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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172. The 2nd First Day of School: How to Take Advantage of the Week After Winter Break
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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171. 5 Tried and True Tips for Teaching in December
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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170. How to Be a Fun Teacher Without Losing Control of Your Class
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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169. Our Best Teacher Tips for Finding Pockets of Prep Time to Get Ahead for January
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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168. How Teachers Can Get a Jumpstart on a Stress-Free Winter Break
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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167. How Teachers Can Kiss the Sunday Scaries Goodbye with Kelsey from Educate & Rejuvenate
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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166. Making the Most of Classroom Jobs in Your Elementary Classroom
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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165. Keeping Students Engaged All Year Long, No Matter the Season
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Introducing The Holiday Headstart
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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164. Why You Need a Classroom Carpet and How to Manage Student Behavior
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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163. The 6 Key Ways to Boost Student Engagement Every Day
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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162. Handling Parent Teacher Conference Headaches: Our Best Tips for Teachers
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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161. How to Get Students Actively Engaged: 5 Teacher Approved Techniques
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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160. 4 Dismissal Routine Tips for Teachers to Calm the End-of-Day Chaos
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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159. How to Set up Successful Learning Centers at the Beginning of the Year
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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158. Back-to-School Classroom Management: Are You Working Smarter or Harder?
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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157. Teach Consequences Like You Teach Procedures
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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156. Starting the School Year with Surprise and Delight: 5 Easy Ideas
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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155. Mastering the Teacher Look for Nonverbal Classroom Management
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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154. 5 Steps for Classroom Procedure Success
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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153. How Teachers Can Thrive During the Back-to-School Season - Our Best Strategies
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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152. The 3 Things You Need to Plan for the Best First Week of School
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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151. Teacher Work Smarter Tip: Plan for Inside Recess Now
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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150. Perfect Your Classroom Procedures with the Help of Our Guiding Questions
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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149. Go Time: 10 Things to Do After You Get Your Class List
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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148. How to Build Positive Relationships with Your Students at Back-to-School
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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147. Teacher Approved Tips: How to Plan Ahead for Future Problems!
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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146. Never Pick up Another Stray Crayon: Why We Love Guided Discovery
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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145. Our Best Tools for First-Day Planning
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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144. How to Plug-And-Play Your First Day of School Plans
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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143. The Easiest Back to School Tip
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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142. Are You Ready for the New School Year? Here’s How to Know!
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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141. A Fun and Easy Gift for Your Future Self
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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140. 8 Steps to Craft a Perfect Daily Schedule for Your Elementary Classroom
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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139. Welcoming a New Team Member
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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138. Collaboration: How to Have the Best Grade Level Team in the School
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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137. 3 Helpful Tips for Setting up Your Classroom Library
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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136. Surviving a Grade Level Change: 4 Teacher Approved Tips
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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135. Treat Yourself! Make a Back-to-School Teacher Self-Care Plan
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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134. The 10 Stages of Teacher Summer Break
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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133. How to Organize Your Teaching Ideas on Pinterest
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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132. An Easy Mindset Hack for Teachers with Kelsey of Educate and Rejuvenate
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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131. To-Do List Magic - How to Prioritize Your Teacher Tasks This Summer
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May 27, 2024 |
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130. The 2 Things Teachers Need to Refuel This Summer
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May 20, 2024 |
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129. End-Of-Year Reflection for Teachers: 18 Questions to Ask Yourself
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May 13, 2024 |
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128. Back to School Boost: Do These 3 Things Now to Prep for Next School Year
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May 06, 2024 |
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127. 10 Ways to Motivate Students at the End of the Year
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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126. Retaining Learning and Supply Organization
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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125. Why Theme Days Will Save You at the End of the School Year
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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124. Spring Fever: 3 Tips to Help Your Spring Classroom Management
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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123. 2nd Anniversary: Our Best Teacher Approved Tips, Ideas, and Favorites
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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122. 20 Best Teacher Approved Tips for Surviving Testing Season
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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121. How to Plan Your Test Prep Around What Content Matters Most
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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120. Supporting New Teachers with Ashleigh from Rainbow Skies for New Teachers
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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119. Chatty Class Management: 5 Ways to Handle a Talkative Class
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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118. 5 Quick Reading Fluency Lessons You Can Teach in 5 Minutes or Less
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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117. Mid-Year Freeze: Why Student Reading Fluency Might Be Stuck
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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116. Level Up Your Fluency Instruction: Say No to These 5 Common Teacher Mistakes
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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115. How to Make Leap Day a Memorable Day in Your Elementary Classroom
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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114. Elementary Teacher Questions Answered Part 1
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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113. Best Practices for Teaching Fluency
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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112. 5 Podcasts for Elementary Teachers That We Know You'll Love!
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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111. January Jumpstart: 8 Reflection Questions to Help Teachers Start the New Year Strong
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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110. Our Favorite Indoor Recess Ideas
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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109. Our Christmas Must Read Books
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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108. How to Troubleshoot Classroom Management Issues
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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107. Get Ahead For January Now With 4 Easy Steps
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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106. The December Survival Kit: 3 Essential Tips to Help Teachers Thrive
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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105. Festive Fun in December: Engaging Holiday Activities to Do With Your Class
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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104. From Chaos to Calm: 5 Techniques for Managing Classroom Behavior in December
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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103. When to Use Rewards to Boost Your Behavior Management - And When Not To
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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102. Classroom Behavior Problems: How to Plan Ahead to Handle Them Effectively
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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101. 10 Easy Ways to Prevent Behavior Problems Before They Start
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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100. The Teacher Approved Starter Kit: Our 10 Favorite Episodes!
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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99. Get Students Engaged With 3 Types of Active Participation Strategies
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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98. 5 Reasons Your Attention Signal Isn’t Working and How to Improve It
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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97. 3 Secrets For Using Your Classroom Seating Arrangement to Boost Classroom Management
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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96. How to Plan an Amazing 2nd Grade Class Halloween Party
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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95. 4 Must-Have Characteristics of Your Classroom Morning Routine
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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94. A Great Day Before School Even Starts: Your Perfect Teacher Morning Routine at School
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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93. Teacher Morning Routine: 10 Tips for Creating Your Perfect Plan
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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92. Teacher Approved Tips: Teaching Recess Games and How to Save Time
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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91. Start Your Day Strong: Top Tips for Maximizing Your Morning Work
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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90. Teacher Approved Tips: Make Hallway Behavior Management Fun and Classroom Escape Rooms
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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89. Hallway Behavior Management: 4 Essential Plans for Improving Hallway Classroom Management
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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88. Teacher Approved Tips: Make a Class Handshake and Incorporate Daily Writing Time
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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87. 4 Important Ways to Build Classroom Community at Back to School
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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86. Teacher Approved Tips: Choosing a One-Word Theme for the School Year
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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85. 10 Tips for New Elementary Teachers at the Start of the School Year
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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84. Teacher Approved Tips: Turn Student Desks Backward and Incorporating SEL Into Daily Routines
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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83. Classroom Setup Tips For Success: 8 Guiding Questions for Designing Your Space
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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82. Teacher Approved Tips: New Student Kits and Math Review with Number Patterns
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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81. 20 Teacher Approved Back to School Tips From Listeners!
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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80. Teacher Approved Tips: The 3 First Day Truths, Find Mathematics in Nature
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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79. Avoid Back to School Decision Fatigue with These 4 Teacher Approved Strategies
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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78. Teacher Approved Tips: The Best First Day Arrival Activity and Pre-Writing Assessments
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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77. 3 Reasons Why a First Day of School Script Will Save Your Sanity
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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76. Teacher Approved Tips: Make Time for Spiral Review and Use SOPs to Save Time in the Classroom
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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75. Classroom Procedures and Expectations: How they Differ and How to Teach Them
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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74. Teacher Approved Tips: Read to Your Class Before the First Day and End of Year Decluttering
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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73. 4 Reasons Why Affirming Students Is The Most Important Goal for Back to School
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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72. Teacher Approved Tips: Visual Timers and Boosting Engagement
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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71. The Easy Way Teachers Can Learn This Summer: 10 PD Books We Love
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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70. Teacher Approved Tips: Give Yourself Permission and Try Out Mentor Sentences for Teaching Grammar
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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69. How to Use Summer to Make Back to School Easier on Your Personal Life
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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68. Teacher Approved Tips: Making a Time Filler Kit and Building Sentence Writing Skills
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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67. How to Actually Get Stuff Done for School This Summer
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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66. Teacher Approved Tips: Recognizing Support Staff and Intentional Summers
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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65. Make an Easy Plan For Your Perfect Teacher Summer: Recovery and Readiness
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May 29, 2023 |
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64. Your Summer To Do List - How Teachers Can Choose the Best Tasks for Big Impact
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May 22, 2023 |
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63. Celebrating the End of the School Year With Your Class: 10 Creative Ideas
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May 15, 2023 |
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62. End of Year Awards: 5 Reasons You Should Rethink This Classroom Tradition
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May 08, 2023 |
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61. 6 Things Teachers Can Do Now for a Better Back to School
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May 01, 2023 |
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60. 6 Simple Spring Cleaning Tips for Freshening Up Your Classroom
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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59. High Quality Decodable Texts: How to Separate the Trash from the Treasures
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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58. Engaging Beginning Readers: 3 Things All Good Decodable Texts Should Have
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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57. Decodable Texts - How to Unlock the Power and Avoid the Pitfalls of Decodability
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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56. How to Find Quality Digital Teaching Resources Online
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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55. Thriving as a Teacher: One Helpful Strategy
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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54. What is The Science of Reading? Busting the 6 Biggest Myths of SOR
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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53. How Teachers Can Name What Matters to Survive the Mid Year Slump
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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52. 10 Teacher Approved Tips for Elementary Teachers That We Think You'll Love
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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51. 4 Reliable Ways to Hit Reset on a Rough Day of School
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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50. 3 Guidelines to Make Classroom Transitions Work Smarter Not Harder [Classroom Transition Series]
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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49. Rapid Classroom Transitions: How to Save 45 Hours a Year [Classroom Transition Series]
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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48. How to Make Classroom Transitions Simple With Clear Beginnings and Endings [Classroom Transition Series]
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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47. 6 Secrets to Literacy Small Group Success with Sara Marye
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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46. 20 Best Inside Recess Ideas That Your Students Will Love
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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45. January Classroom Jump Start
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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44. Your One Word Theme for the Year [TEACHER FAVORITE]
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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43. Bouncing Back After a Break [TEACHER FAVORITE]
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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42. Shake Up Shared Reading with Cassie Tabrizi and Maria Walther
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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41. How to Find More Time to Teach Writing with Megan Polk
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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40. 2 Easy Things All Teachers Should Do Before Winter Break
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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39. Our Top 20 Christmas Books For Your Classroom
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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38. How to Survive December in the Classroom: 3 Creative Teaching Tips
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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37. Holiday Behavior Management Tips to Help You Survive Until Winter Break!
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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36. How Teachers Can Plan Lessons The Week Before a Holiday Break
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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35. 5 Ways to Increase Student Engagement - Our Secret Weapon for Teachers
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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34. Plan the Perfect Halloween Class Party With 7 Easy Steps
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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33. Class Party Success - Our 7 Step Class Party Planning Checklist
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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32. 5 Classroom Management Questions to Help Banish Bad Class Habits
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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31. 3 Easy Tweaks to Make Homework a Homerun
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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30. Why Thinking Like Martha Stewart Will Transform Your Conferences
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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29. How to Be a Parent-Friendly Teacher
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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28. How to Launch Morning Meeting
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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27. Your One Word Theme for The Year
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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26. The Cheapest Classroom Management Tool
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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25. Living in Your Season
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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24. First Week Wins
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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23. Your Best Back to School Tips
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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22. 3 First Day Truths
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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21. Guided Discovery
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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20. Mastering Morning Routines
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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19: Your Back to School Goals
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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18. Procedures for Success!
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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17. A Spelling Method That Works
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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16. Easy Summer PD
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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15. Own Your Teacher Wins with Kelsey Sorenson from Wife Teacher Mommy
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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14. Best Summer Ever
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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13. Design Your Summer
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May 30, 2022 |
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12. Recovering from the School Year
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May 23, 2022 |
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11. Closing The Year
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May 16, 2022 |
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10. What You Can Do Now for Next Year
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May 09, 2022 |
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9. Breaking Up With End of Year Awards
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May 02, 2022 |
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8. Making it to the Finish Line!
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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7. The Secret to End of Year Survival
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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6. Morning Meeting: An Essential Routine
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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5. Ditch Your Test Review (Try This Instead)
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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4. Bouncing Back After a Break
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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3. Strengthening the Brain
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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2. Rethinking Read Alouds
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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1. Getting to Know You
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Welcome to Teacher Approved!
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Mar 08, 2022 |