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Are You Using Picture Books in Your Junior Classroom? You should!

Make Inquiry Simple in Your Classroom

Assessment and The Triangulation of Data

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Small Group Instruction: How to Group Students

failure is success in progress

Why More Students Should Learn How to Fail

How I Teach Writing

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Be More Efficient In The Classroom: 6 Simple Hacks You Can Try Today

Work Life Balance…the busy teacher edition

Making Writing Assessment Work to Help Students Bump It Up!

3 Mistakes Teachers Make When Planning and Scheduling Language Arts.

Organizational Tips for Teachers from a Disorganized Mess

From To Do – To Done: 5 Strategies to Manage Teacher Overwhelm

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My name is Patti and I like picture books.⁠ ⁠

My name is Patti and I like picture books.⁠
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This is why I created a full-year literacy program at three different grade levels all using picture books as the basis of three weekly units. ⁠
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What is your favourite picture book?

Do you use word walls in your junior classroom? ⁠
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Whether you do or don’t, I’d love to hear your reasons why! ⁠
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If you want to hear my thoughts, I’m talking all about it in the latest episode of Teaching with Madly Learning. ⁠
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I’m getting into why I think word walls are going to look different in junior classrooms than they do in primary classrooms, how you can make sure you are using yours effectively, and more.⁠
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Listen on your favorite podcast platform!

Want to save yourself some time. ⁠ ⁠ See that

Want to save yourself some time. ⁠
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See that pretty graphic organizer that I made on my computer. The same one that is going to require me to print it out and photocopy it (or convert it to a google slide for remote learning) ⁠
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What if I told you that even though I made it I rarely use it in my classroom day to day. ⁠
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In fact, I save myself some time by simply requiring my students to make it themselves. Then I can only provide the printed on to those who really truly need it. ⁠
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Now I know that it won't look as neat as my handwritten one here with three straight lines all evenly spaces on the page. ⁠
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In fact, what my students may create will most likely be a hot mess express. ⁠
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...BUT⁠
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If it organizes the information I want them to organize then that's a paper diet, I don't have time to prep today because I was up with a sick kid all night kind of win. ⁠
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Can I tell you a secret? In my junior classroom, I

Can I tell you a secret? In my junior classroom, I don't want a word wall.⁠
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I don't want to take up all the space that a word wall requires when there are so many things I could be putting up there.⁠
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However, there are definitely still uses for subject-specific word walls, so we are going to talk about them in the latest episode of Teaching with Madly Learning. ⁠
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I’ll give you some ideas for different types of word walls, and how you can make them more accessible to your students. ⁠
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If you’re been wondering whether or not you should keep doing them, this episode will help you make up your mind.

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Sometimes you just roll with it when your kids wan

Sometimes you just roll with it when your kids wants to find the relationship between Face/Base/Edge/Vertice. ⁠
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Discussion included⁠
- 3D shapes⁠
- Algebra⁠
- Equations⁠
- Failure⁠
- Multiplication, Addition⁠
- Problem Solving⁠
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Sometimes when you go off the lesson plan and follow their questions great things happen. ⁠
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Has this happened to you in your classroom?⁠
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