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Good parenting helps, but has limits under major deprivation Parenting skills can make a big difference in fostering a newborn's language acquisition and cognition, but there may be a limit to how far parenting can go to make up the challenges to developing thi...

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Cultivating Speaking and Listening Skills in the Primary Grades Early elementary teachers can use these strategies to help students improve their oral communication skills.

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I’d love to see this strategy “in action” but I’ll be at the time the conference. 😞

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I would prefer option B.

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Scaffolding Like a Pro: Powerful Ways to Support Learning With options ranging from tried-and-true to lesser known, these strategies for cognitive, metacognitive, and procedural scaffolding will help you set students up for success.

Scaffolding Like a Pro: Powerful Ways to Support Learning
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Great read and reference guide for variety of new, interesting strategies for scaffolding while reviewing many well-established scaffolding strategies.

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I have a small classroom, so I think this setup allows students to make “good choices” about who they work near. Also it is easier to move tables for collaboration or individual work. There is still a small area where I can work with a small group.

Yes, I do. I just rearranged my room when we all returned from break. I feel like this setup has been the best this school year.

Using Gardening to Build Community in ELL Classrooms An interdisciplinary gardening unit can strengthen students’ sense of belonging and enhance their language skills.

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Great article about building language through gardening. I imagine this would be also be good for social/ emotional learning…

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 5/20

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20

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Choose Your Own Adventure series ⤵️

Build a classroom community first. Kagan cooperative group structures are good. Depending on the activity- give small group 1 paper, 1 pencil and students take turns contributing. Just a thought…

16 Variations on Think-Pair-Share to Keep Students Engaged Teachers and students use this classic learning strategy often. To keep it from getting stale, try these tweaks.

Great ideas! I have used #3 with my 1st & 2nd grade ML students. Although - I called it a modified think, pair, share.

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Title: Devil in the White City. Author: Erik Larson There is a picture of Chicago’s world fare.

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Title: A Walk in the Woods By: Bill Bryson A picture of woods with a bear looking at the reader.

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Book Title: Always Anjali By: Sheetal Sheth Illustrated by: Jessica Blank The main character, Anjali, is jumping in a puddle. There are leaves falling in the background. There is a rainbow colored umbrella behind Anjali.

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Okay

Hi, I’m from Illinois. I teach in the northern suburbs.

Oh…that’s a good book!

Hi, please add me to the list. Thank you.