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7 Books to Help Kids Deal With Big, Angry Feelings

We all get angry. Anger is a totally normal and healthy emotion. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s easy to deal with. Often times, kids don’t know how to handle their anger, so they yell, hit, throw things, and call names. Here are 7 fantastic books to help kids deal with big, angry emotions. This book contains affiliate links. That…

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Holidays, Reading, Science, Writing

4 Pumpkin Themed Activities Your Students will Love This October

Pumpkin activities are always so much fun in October. Even if you don’t celebrate Halloween at school, you can still have some pumpkin fun while learning science, reading, and writing skills. Here are 4 simple and fun pumpkin themed activities to do with your students in October. One Page Pumpkin Craft View this post on Instagram A post shared by…

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Intervention, Reading

5 Simple Intervention Activity Ideas for Beginning Readers

How can we help our students who are beginning readers? If you have students who are struggling with letter sounds, segmenting sounds in a word, decoding CVC words, or who are struggling with sight words, here are 5 of my favorite intervention activities to help students with these skills. First Sound Fluency Practice View this post on Instagram A post…

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Classroom Management, New Teacher Tips

5 Things Keep In Mind at the Beginning of the School Year

The beginning of the school year is exhausting, overwhelming, and so much work. Sometimes it can feel like your class might never find a groove. Will my students ever remember he procedures? Will I ever turn in attendance in on time? (Probably no.) Will things start to slow down at some point? Will teaching ever get easier? Here are 5…

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