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Winter begins December 21-22

Featured December Resources @ shop.atoz

If you Give the Grinch your Friendship!{Activities, Booklet, and Craftivity} by Tech Girl-Engaging Lessons
December KinderReaders 4-Pack Includes 4 leveled, printable guided reading titles. Each title features 5 versions: 4 reading levels and a wordless version.
Christmas Science Sleuths & the Copy Cat Grinch Activity!
The Gingerbread Man Activities Making Words and More by KinderReaders

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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 […]
How CO2 in the Classroom Can Disrupt a Lesson
John Tesh mentioned this on his radio program a few days ago and I had to look it up. Wow! Rather than disruptive students, the air we breathe can be distracting to the lesson. Should this one study eventually prove accurate, rather than nodding off like adults might do (see picture in article), I can […]
Warning! Danger, Will Robinson!
I haven't seen the movie version, but when I was a kid, I was fascinated watching Lost in Space. In most episodes, young Will Robinson, his sister Penny, and the robot (named Robot) would walk around exploring the planet they had landed on. And as they would round the corner, Robot would suddenly announce, "Warning! […]
Difference between endorsement and getting certified in a new area
What exactly is the difference between getting an endorsement versus getting certified in a 2nd content area? I live in Georgia and want to teach computer science next year. I am certified in a science discipline. I want have the option of getting a computer science endorsement or getting another certification. Is one better than […]
Has anyone had this or an opposite experience?
I was reading about a poster who was doing fine w/a behavior problem student until a behavior coach started interfering. We do not have behavior coaches, but we have an enabling, inexperienced, interfering, sped dept. that shows up,observes, and tries to tell teachers what to do once they've heard a kid flipped out. Not only […]
Lucy Calkins & the Science of Reading
LC shared her thoughts on the science of reading in a lengthy essay. I found it interesting. I agreed with some parts - maybe most parts, but disagreed with a few here and there. Curious to see what others think. Edit: The link didn't work. See the post with the text below.
I know I preach about not taking work home with me but I'm about to lose my mind
The school-related backstory: My school does reading groups consisting of skill, guided reading, and basal intervention. I generally quite like the system. However, there's a bit of effort in creating the groups. Because of the effort involved, it was decided that this would not occupy the time of our collaboration meetings but be divvied up […]