It’s always great to hear successful stories from other teachers. It keeps us motivated knowing that we are all working hard to reach our students. Today, Iris Yuan brings us successful teaching strategies and tips from two great educators. We hope you are enjoying your Teacher Appreciation Week! ~EMP Teachers face a wide number of [...]
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Today is National Teacher Day. With so many mixed feelings about our profession, a day like this is important to remember and even take a little seriously. Our job is not easy; there are many obstacles and challenges. From the struggling students we yearn to reach to the occational parent that doesn’t do their part, from the testing [...]
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Enjoy this short, but informative piece about how the brain works. Using just these three concepts can help mold your teaching. ~EMP When it comes to how students learn most easily, there are three principles that seem to repeatedly surface. 1. Students progress better in an active, play-based learning environment. This may seem too obvious [...]
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This Thursday, April 26th, is Poem in Your Pocket Day. This is such a fun way to celebrate poetry during National Poetry Month. For this day, you find a poem or write a poem and keep it handy (in your pocket) so that you can read it to anyone and everyone you come in contact [...]
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Just in time for April (Poetry Month) and as a send out to March (Literacy Month), I’ve finally epublished my latest eresource – The Poetry Project as the first in a series I will continue to add to in the months ahead. The series of books is The Independent Project Series. The purpose of these [...]
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Pre-Game excitement – You know what I mean. You get dressed up, read up on stats, pump yourself up, maybe put on a little rock and roll and get excited about what’s about to happen on the field or court or ring. So what does this have to do with reading? Plenty. Our students need [...]
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Earlier this week, we brought you Kristina’s piece on Writing. Today she reflects on reading and the importance of establishing a love of reading in our students. She concludes with a perspective on assessment. ~EMP The Story: The success I had last year with the reading intervention program Language! was not simply a result of [...]
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This week, Kristina Peterson is back with a two part series about reading and writing and how two experiences have influenced hers as a teacher. You will enjoy these reflective pieces and I encourage you to add your own thoughts too. First – Writing… ~EMP The Story: Eleven years ago I created a portfolio for [...]
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Please welcome Alvina Lopez who brings us a great list to share with parents. I plan to use this post for Literacy Month by adding a link in an email to parents. It is our hope you find this useful! ~EMP Most parents, starting from when their children are very young, become anxious about their [...]
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