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4 Ways to Use a Giant Fidget Popper

So you have a giant fidget popper (you know the ones that have 100 bubbles) in your classroom, but you don’t know what to do with it? Well, I am here with 4 fun ideas! Ways to Use a Giant Fidget Popper 100s grid You could make your own by

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5 Ways to Practice Sight Words - sight words on blue background

5 Ways to Practice Sight Words

Sight words can be fun! Here are 5 ways for your students to practice. Hands on Sight Word Practice Magnetic Letters Magnetic letters have been a classroom standby for a long time- but have you played the what’s missing game? Have students make the word with magnets and then you

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Play or Analyze these Songs in the Classroom

Play or analyze these songs in the classroom! These songs are split into two lists – one for general classroom use like transitions, brain breaks and more, and the other list is songs for analysis in English class or another type of middle school or high school class!  How did

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5 WAYS TO PRACTICE CAUSE AND EFFECT

5 Ways to Practice Cause and Effect

Cause and effect is a super tough skill for us to teach and for students to master. So to help jump start your instruction, here are 5 ways that you can teach it to your students (and make it fun and relatable). ACT THEM OUT Act out scenarios with role

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Reasons to celebrate 2s day

Reasons to Celebrate 2/22/22 (or 2/2/22)

Have you heard about what I call “2’s Day” yet? It’s one (or both) of the two dates this year that have all 2’s – 2/22/22 and/or 2/2/22. I heard about it in what would supposed to be a funny meme, but I thought it was super fun! And why

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How to Get Students Excited about Writing - Reading and Writing Redhead

5 Ways to Get Your Students Excited About Writing

CREATIVE TOPICS Fun and creative topics get children much more excited about writing more than just the standard prompt “What did you do this weekend?” There is no better way to stop students’ creativity than drop that one on a class, right? Let’s check out some examples. In the Fall

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More ways to use pop its in the classroom

11 More Ways to Use Pop Its in the Classroom

Have you been using Pop Its / Fidget Poppers to engage learners in the classroom? Well, check out more ways to use pop its in the classroom! They are fun engaging, visual, and hands on and get students engaged in the curriculum. New Ideas for Using Pop Its Matching Letters

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8 new books your class will love

8 New Books Your Class Will Love

The fall is a great time to refresh your classroom or home library with new books! I have found 8 terrific new books that your class will love! They are new as of 2021 and you can find them at Amazon (just click on the cover images below), your local

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Phonemic Awareness - what you need to know

Phonemic Awareness: 5 Things to Know

You probably have heard about phonemic awareness, the Science of Reading, and/or orthographic mapping. I’m here in case you are confused to give you the basics of phonemic awareness! That way you can teach reading this year with confidence! WHAT IS IT? Phonemic Awareness is the understanding of sounds and

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