DO WE NEED DIVERSE TEXTS IN CONTENT AREAS We need diverse texts during content areas for the same reasons we need diverse texts in every other Our students need to feel represented – especially when we are teaching Science or Social Studies. Social studies, in particular, should not be filled with stories of white men and women. Whether we’re reading…
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FINDING MORE BOOKS TO TEACH THE SEVEN HABITS If you’ve been waiting for this post, I apologize! Life has gotten a little nutty and I am clearly not winning that battle. 😂 Note: This post may contain affiliate links. This means I get a small commission from the items you purchase through these links, at no extra cost to you….
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FINDING BOOKS TO TEACH THE SEVEN HABITS Collecting texts to teach the Seven Habits of Happy Kids isn’t always something that comes easy. The Leader in Me school I was a part of had a “book of the month” for the whole school, and we usually connected it to the 7 Habits of Happy Kids. The challenge soon became finding…
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NO, IT WON’T BE TOTAL CHAOS. I PROMISE! Before we get any further into this post, let me assure you my kids definitely *think* there are classroom rules. 😉 But, I don’t call them that and I haven’t for a long time. By the time they get to fifth grade, even the most well-behaved students are OVER the long lessons…
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YES, BIG KIDS WANT TO READ WITH YOU! Walking into my classroom as a fifth-grade teacher was a bit nerve-wracking. I’d never taught fifth grade, swore I’d never teach fifth grade, and did everything I could to avoid getting moved to fifth grade. And yet, here I was… teaching fifth grade. 😏 I knew how to get little people excited…
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