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21st Century Teaching Ideas for 21st Century Learners

Setting up a Share Chair During Your Literacy Block

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Setting up a Share Chair During Your Literacy Block

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Creating Independent Readers in Readers Workshop

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Creating Independent Readers in Readers Workshop

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Helping Students to Create Independent Reading Goals

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Helping Students to Create Independent Reading Goals

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Teaching Students to Choose "Just Right" Books During Independent Reading

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Teaching Students to Choose "Just Right" Books During Independent Reading

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How To: Teaching Theme In The Upper Elementary Classroom (...So that students actually get it!)

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How To: Teaching Theme In The Upper Elementary Classroom (...So that students actually get it!)

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10 Anchor Charts for Teaching Students About Making Connections

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10 Anchor Charts for Teaching Students About Making Connections

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Strategies for Developing Strong Student Reading Partnerships

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Strategies for Developing Strong Student Reading Partnerships

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How To: Get Started With Reading Partnerships in the Upper Elementary Classroom

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How To: Get Started With Reading Partnerships in the Upper Elementary Classroom

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Teacher's Toolkit: Activities to Help Students Practice Using Context Clues

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Teacher's Toolkit: Activities to Help Students Practice Using Context Clues

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Activities for Teaching Poetry to Upper Elementary Students

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Activities for Teaching Poetry to Upper Elementary Students

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5 Ideas for Teaching Students How to Read Nonfiction

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5 Ideas for Teaching Students How to Read Nonfiction

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An Easy Strategy to Encourage Your Students to Read a Variety of Genres

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An Easy Strategy to Encourage Your Students to Read a Variety of Genres

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A New Way to Do Novel Summaries {VIDEO TUTORIAL}

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A New Way to Do Novel Summaries {VIDEO TUTORIAL}

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Teaching Your Students to Use Accountable Talk

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Teaching Your Students to Use Accountable Talk

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How to Quickly Check Your Students' Understanding

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How to Quickly Check Your Students' Understanding

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10 Anchor Charts to Teach Inferring

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10 Anchor Charts to Teach Inferring

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6 Activities to Include in Your Next Novel Unit

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6 Activities to Include in Your Next Novel Unit

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Author Study Series: [Part 4: Activities for Your Author Study]

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Author Study Series: [Part 4: Activities for Your Author Study]

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Author Study Series: [Part 3: Formatting & Differentiating Your Instruction]

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Author Study Series: [Part 3: Formatting & Differentiating Your Instruction]

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Author Study Series: [Part 2: Selecting Books]

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Author Study Series: [Part 2: Selecting Books]

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