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Featured October Resources @ shop.atoz

Kinderreaders October 4-Pack – 4 titles for October – Each title has 5 versions with 4 varying reading levels plus a wordless version, TITLES: Boo!, What Is It?, The Party, The Pumpkin
Phonics 1- Spider Themed Letter Activities and Assessments by Rebecca Sutton – Teaching First
Monsters Creative Writing Fun! by Tech Girl-Engaging Lessons
Take a Voyage with Columbus! {Powerpoint & Mini Booklet}

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What are your favorite podcasts, resources, and other web content that enrich the teacher in you?
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So You Want to Be (or already are) an Online Educator?
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current way of education
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K-2nd Teachers, do you think students are behind in literacy?
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