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Featured February Resources @ shop.atoz

100th Day of School Math and Literacy This is 116 pages filled, filled, filled with many different ideas! I worked really hard at making this different from the rest. Every game is differentiated and will meet the needs of all your learners. By: Kinderglynn
Be My Valentine Math Centers (Common Core) These super cute Valentine centers will be a wonderful addition to your math centers. These centers are multi-leveled and there are several different activities suggested within many of the games. By Rebecca Anderton – Teaching First
Black History Super Activity Pack! by Tech Girl-Engaging Lessons
Dental Health Fun for Literacy and Math By Kristen Walsky
Groundhogs Literacy and Math Center Fun! By Kristen Walsky
Oh So Sweet Cupcake Glyph and Writing Craft! Perfect for Valentine’s Day! By Tech Girl/Engaging Lessons

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General Education

Testing Snafu
So, the standardized testing site was down for the ENTIRE state of Ohio today. Would like to be able to hold them accountable, as they do to us.
If you teach in a country outside the US...
We get many threads from teachers outside the US who laud the good behavior and responsibility of their students/schools, while criticizing our low performing schools/misbehaving students.We know that our public schools in this country are required to take all students. We have learned that many of those schools in other countries do not admit students […]
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 […]
Leave bad administrators or wait them out?
A conversation at my school today got me wondering about this. I think my school's admin is pretty awesome; the P is fantastic; AP is nice to me and a few others but a lot of the staff aren't fans. Anyway, today we had a conversation about the P probably only staying at the school […]
Behavior Management Resource
Problems with behavior management cause serious distress for many desperate teachers who often write to this forum in search of help. Here's an online resource that features many useful articles offering sound advice. I especially like the author's focus on intrinsic motivation. Scroll down to see a list of archived articles on the right column. […]
Gaining a princpial job
Growing up most people dream of being a rock star, athlete, or even the President. For me it was always principal, well I have to admit a major league baseball star would have been fine too, but you get my point. Principals have the tremendous job of actually making the difference in students lives and […]
What qualities make a good superintendent?
Ideas?