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Guiding Students to Question Prejudices
Connecting the novel The Outsiders to an anti-bias framework helps middle school students examine their biases. Anti-bias education is an ed...
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How to Teach Handwriting—and Why It Matters
Teaching young students how to write by hand before moving on to keyboarding can help improve their reading fluency as well. Technology is a...
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Build Empathy and Understanding by Pairing Comics With Novels
Teaching with comics facilitates improved comprehension and social-emotional competencies. Comics and graphic novels are powerful forms of e...
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Curriculum Mapping Tips for New Teachers
How to go about developing a curriculum that takes into account both your students’ abilities and the initiatives of your building and distr...
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Incorporating SEL as a New Teacher
For young teachers, their age can be both an obstacle and an advantage when teaching social and emotional learning. Since starting my teachi...
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Starting the Day With a Calming Routine
Exercises that help young students who’ve experienced trauma transition into the school day in a relaxed and ready state. For the past year ...
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5 essentials every child needs when you’re teaching English
The educational choices available to children are changing rapidly. Apps, online courses, digital games, recordings and videos are all easil...
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How can we encourage our learners to feel self-confident?
Encouraging learners to feel more confident in the classroom is a problem often faced by teachers. Below are five simple things that you can...
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What should you look for in an English placement test?
If you are an teacher, Director of Studies or school owner you’ll know the importance of putting students in the right group. Whether it’s a...
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Reducing exam day stress
What are the origins of exam day stress? There’s no doubt about it – exams are scary. But why exactly is this? What is it about an exam scen...
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