13 Posts

Tag: TK

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

Teaching Better Classroom Behavior: Consequences Aren’t Cutting It

Posted byby Kim Giron
3 days ago
5 min

How do I get my students to have better behavior in the classroom? Maybe you’ve tried old-school consequences and punishments, with no luck. Maybe you feel like nothing you try…

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

Better Classroom Behavior: Consequences Aren’t Cutting It

Posted byby Kim Giron
1 week ago
8 min

Everyone wants the secret to better classroom behavior. Naturally, we want to encourage kids to be their best selves. We want them to make the right choices, treat each other…

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- Language Arts
- Sight Words

20 Hands-On Ways to Build Sight Words (Plus Research!)

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
1 week ago
11 min

Today I am pleased to share TWENTY great ideas for building sight words to help kids learn them in a hands-on way! Making high-frequency words (AKA sight words) in lots…

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- Classroom Management
- Especially For Parents

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for Beginners

Posted byby Kim Giron
2 years ago
6 min

Social Emotional Learning, aka SEL, is a buzzword you have likely heard over the last few years. Even if you haven’t heard that specific term, you’ve undoubtedly encountered content related…

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- Classroom Management
- Kindergarten

Holiday Chaos in the Classroom

Posted byby Kim Giron
2 years ago
4 min

The holidays are here. You’ve made it through Halloween (a true accomplishment) and Thanksgiving, and now it’s just smooth sailing until Christmas, right? WRONG. Even the most seasoned teachers can…

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- Classroom Management
- Kindergarten

How to Implement Centers in the Classroom: Part Two

Posted byby Kim Giron
2 years ago
5 min

Welcome back to our blog series on all things centers! Check out part one here, where we talked about the most traditional way centers are seen in a classroom setting….

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

How to Implement Centers in the Classroom: Part One

Posted byby Kim Giron
2 years ago
3 min

If you are a primary teacher, you likely run centers in your classroom, or have at some point in the classroom. But maybe… centers feel impossible to you. They might…

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

What to Do on the First Day of School – Sample Schedule Included!

Posted byby Kim Giron
2 years ago
8 min

What to do on the First Day of School Ready or not, the start of the new year is approaching! Maybe you still have a month to go… great! Save…

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

Managing Defiant Behaviors in the Classroom

Posted byby Kim Giron
2 years ago
11 min

Managing defiant behaviors in the classroom can be a challenge for teachers. Behavior management is one of the most crucial aspects of working with young children. Veteran and new teachers…

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- Alphabet
- Beginning of the School Year

Ten Simple Memory Tricks to Help Kids Learn the Alphabet

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
3 years ago
4 min

Sometimes, kids have trouble learning the alphabet. And when this happens, teachers and parents will use anything and everything to help them learn. Often, inventing a mnemonic device (also known…

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