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Design Your Educational Philosophy
Design an educational philosophy to guide your decision-making and to help remind you why you entered teaching in the first place.

Valentines Day Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan
Need a quick Valentines Day lesson plan? Practice poetry-writing with your students through this Valentines Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan.

Christmas Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan
Need a quick Christmas lesson plan? Combine poetry and character-building with this Christmas Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan.

Christmas and Wintertime Vocabulary Word List
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Bloom's Taxonomy - The Incredible Teaching Tool
Use Bloom's Taxonomy To Move Your Students Through The Learning Process.

Thanksgiving Vocabulary Word List
Use this Thanksgiving Vocabulary word list for a variety of classroom uses, including word walls, word searches, lesson plans, puzzles, Hangman and Bingo games, crafts, worksheets, story starters, poetry word banks, and so much more!

Thanksgiving Journal Writing Topics and Prompts
Use these Thanksgiving journal prompts as inspiration for your students' journal writing work in the month of November.

Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan
Need a quick Thanksgiving lesson plan? Combine poetry and character-building with this Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem Lesson Plan.

Class Rules That Are Comprehensive, Positive, and Clear
Are you having trouble thinking of a comprehensive set of behavior rules for your elementary school classroom? Here's what worked for me.

Classroom Rights - Display This Simple "Bill of Rights" In A Prominent Place
If you're looking for a quick and easy way to sum up a productive and respectful tone in your classroom, the following Classroom "Bill of Rights" will be useful.

Teaching Students To Answer Questions In Complete Sentences
Students sometimes need instruction and practice in how best to answer questions in complete sentences. This set of questions give you an opportunity to train them.

Teaching Descriptive, Detailed Writing Through Asking Questions
It's not enough just to tell students, "Write down detail. Be creative and specific!" They're just learning how to write, so we need to show them what exactly to think about and write down. Here are some inspiring questions that get to the heart of descriptive, detailed writing.

Festive Word Lists For The Special Events Of February - Great For Games
Use this list of Valentines Day words to play games with your students during the month of February. Also includes words for other February holidays.

Memorial Day Lesson Plans and Quick Last-Minute Craft Ideas
Quick craft ideas and lesson plan suggestions to observe Memorial Day in the elementary school classroom.

Last Minute Mother's Day Lesson Plans and Quick Craft Ideas for Teachers
If you need quick, easy, and fun last-minute Mothers Day lesson plans, these craft ideas will hit the spot!

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