When I was younger, I liked stories where the Sun felt less like a star and more like a character. The Sun chased the Moon. The Moon borrowed light. The …
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Five New Digital Math Tools for PreKinder and Kinder (PreK-K)
As a former Bilingual/ESL third, fifth, and sixth grade teacher, math instruction challenged me. Before every math lesson, even scripted math curriculum, I had to work the problems myself. This …
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Back to SchoolLeadership
How Principals Can Make Back-to-School Meetings Matter
by Diana Bennerby Diana BennerPrincipals have plenty of required information to share. These back-to-school meeting ideas help teachers stay engaged, process key details, and start the year feeling prepared.
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4 Funny Cozy Mysteries for Teachers Who Need a Recharge this Summer
Teachers deserve a summer recharge, and these funny cozy mysteries deliver. From chaotic weddings to charming detectives, this lighthearted book stack is perfect for relaxing, laughing, and turning pages.
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Have students who need a little extra help? Give creating study kits for students a try. You can use the prompts in this blog entry to create student-ready study kits. …
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School librarians keep getting asked to run real programs on budgets that shrink every year, and the per-student, per-month pricing model is rarely on your side. You can build these …
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Let’s be honest. Not many teachers are sitting around in July thinking, “You know what I need right now? A long blog post.” So this one is short, sweet, and …
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Three Critical Thinking Online Breakouts for 2026-2027 (CLEAR, Part 2)
For the 2026-2027 school year, I have three brand new digital breakouts to share. Well, that’s not exactly accurate. Let me share the first three of thirty-nine breakouts aligned to …
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Science Detectives: Critical Thinking Online Breakouts (CTOBs) for Your K-2 Classroom
“Word learning requires multiple exposures to the word within meaningful contexts.” That’s a quote I ran across some time ago and jotted down in my notebook, alas, sans source. But …
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Classroom ActivitiesEnglish Language Arts Reading (ELAR)
Crack the Case with CLEAR, Smart Thinking, Part 1
We don’t teach critical thinking as well as we should in K-12 schools. That’s why I have spent so much time on it in past blog entries. Gen AI has …
