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Christmas is December 25th
Christmas Around the World
Gingerbread
Hanukkah
Kwanzaa
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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Questions/Anxieties About Teaching Climate Change - Ask A Climate Expert!
Hi, everyone My name is Katie, and I work for Twinkl Educational Publishing. We are currently running a project around the COP 26 UN Climate Conference where we pitch questions from teachers about how best to tackle the topic of climate change in the classroom to climate experts from all around the world. I was […]
Success Academies... impressions?
Hi, What do you guys think of Success Academies (https://www.successacademies.org/)? Good place to work, or somewhere to avoid?
Help with struggling 6th grader in reading
Hi! My neighbor just approached me and said his 6th grade son struggles with reading. He says he has about a 3rd grade reading level. He wants to find help for him. I’ve been a kindergarten teacher for 16 years so past sounding out words, I don’t have expertise in this. Plus I’m so busy […]
Moving from gen Ed to special ed
Hello, Has anyone moved from gen Ed to special Ed. I just got the license and am thinking about the move. I currently teach 4th grade ELA but think I'd like working with smaller groups and supporting students in their gen Ed classes instead of what I'm currently doing. I know the paperwork is difficult […]
Keeping Track (K-12)
What are some of the ways that you keep track of student progress and data: keep track of assignments (and pre-assignments, turned in vs not received) test scores etc, Do you have a tracking system that works best for you? Do you use forms to make this easier (can you share examples)? I appreciate any […]
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 […]
Returning from a leave
At this point in my career I am fairly confident in my classroom management. I work really hard to build relationships with students and their family from day one. I usually have 1 or 2 students that have an issue in class, but I have never had to call behavior support or send a student […]