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Featured April Resources @ shop.atoz

Ladybug Number and Tally Mark Matching Cards This is a great game for beginning learners! Match the tally marks to the number on the ladybug cards. By Rebecca Anderton-Teaching First
April Fluency Packet – Reading Supplement By Jodi Southard 40 pages – This 4 week packet is a wonderful supplement to any reading program. It is created to increase your students vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension skills.
Frog Earth Day Glyph Activity! By Tech Girl-Engaging Lessons This Adorable Frog Earth Day Glyph activity has the students answer a quick Earth Day survey about their Earth Saving habits and then create their Glyph based on their answers!
Mega Poetry and Figurative Language Pack 54 Pgs! Tech Girl/Engaging Lessons A Best Seller with great reviews! This Literacy Activity Bundle is packed full of creative and engaging activities! There are 4 activity books included!
Poetry Pack (Literacy Center Activities) By KindergartenWorks Create a poetry center or use these nursery rhymes and poems to accomplish meeting your standards!

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Burnout or just the pandemic?
Last year I left my job mid-year due to extreme stress triggering a ton of health stuff. I'd been at my school 5 years and it just progressively got worse/more stressful every year until the pandemic hit and the extra expectations of remote learning pushed me over the edge. This year I got a job […]
Too Much Screen Time at School?
The National Institute of Health recommends limiting screen time for kids to 1 to 2 hours a day. Knowing that kids are in front of screens at home for about that amount of time, should we be using screens so much at school? Are we overusing screens? Maybe we should limit screen time. For example, […]
ELA Stations for grades 4 and up?
Do you do "stations?" If so, how?
1 to 1 laptop tips
Hello Everyone, I'm currently teaching an 8th grade social studies class. We just got told last week that after we come back from Christmas break that our students will be getting laptops. I'm excited because there are some really cool things that I can do, but I'm also nervous. Anyone here that is 1 to […]
Free links! Lots of science, space, ELA, ESL, Music, Art, PD, Lesson Plans and resources. Enjoy!
It would be fantastic if we could share a link that is highly beneficial/useful, that doesn't cost a thing to use, no hoops to jump through. I encourage others to add to my links, creating some nice references to have on-hand. You can never have too many resources. I love free when it comes to […]
Help with Cbest writing exam.
Hello, I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I am preparing for the Cbest writing exam and want to check if it's possible to post my essay here for a moderator to review it. This will help me in improving the week areas in my writing. Thank you in advance!
RANT: Sometimes I wonder why I even bother….
OK, this happened during homecoming week where I was in charge of watching the 8th grade design their float trailer. A girl brought out a poster and on it read, “CONQEUR the TIGERS”. Remember, this display was to be paraded through town. So I ask the class if there was anything wrong with what was […]