October 7, 2022
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Incorporate Rangoli art into your fall activities and teach your students about Diwali! This holiday is celebrated by over a billion people worldwide and is an important festival observed by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs each year in either October or … Continue reading
September 26, 2022
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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with activities that highlight the traditions and stories of Indigenous cultures. Berkeley was the first city to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 1992, but it wasn’t until 2021 that President Joe Biden declared a day in … Continue reading
September 14, 2022
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Close reading is an important skill for students to learn in school and was designed to build strong reading habits in children that they will need in higher education and future careers. It requires students to really focus on what … Continue reading
September 6, 2022
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Enhance your students’ close reading and analytical writing skills by teaching them key strategies for unraveling the main purpose within nonfiction texts. Filled with complex vocabulary and complex details, nonfiction texts can be difficult for students to understand. Specific text … Continue reading
September 1, 2022
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National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed in the United States each year from September 15 to October 15. The date of September 15 is significant because it marks the day that several Latin American countries attained their independence. During this … Continue reading
August 9, 2022
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Celebrate learning in your classroom with activities that build students’ fundamental skills and get them excited about learning! Learn how TeacherFileBox, Evan-Moor’s digital lesson library, makes it easy to differentiate lessons throughout the school year with just a click. With … Continue reading
July 12, 2022
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As a learning specialist, I get this question from almost every parent I meet–and I always appreciate it, since reading fluency is often predictive of academic outcomes, and reading frequently supports fluency. No matter the time of year, families have … Continue reading
June 27, 2022
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Writing prompts and journaling can help students practice healthy ways of expressing their thoughts and emotions. Writing activities that integrate SEL can build lifelong habits for students as they learn to take more time to reflect on situations and carefully … Continue reading
June 8, 2022
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Keep children busy this Independence Day with a combination of educational and outdoor activities. These hands-on Fourth of July crafts, games, and puzzles provide entertaining activities for the whole family while introducing a little American history. Create a Stars and … Continue reading
May 2, 2022
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Parents almost universally recognize the importance of learning to read, seeing it as a key link to success in school and a vital way for children to develop their full potential, both academically and personally. Schools understand this, too, spending … Continue reading