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7 Steps to Establishing Classroom Behavior Expectations
July 22, 2025
Establishing clear behavioral expectations is one of the first things a teacher should do to build a foundation for positive behavior in the classroom. Adapted from The Teacher's Guide for…
12 Tips for Supporting Students’ Social Skills This Year
July 17, 2025
When it comes to long-term success in life, social skills and emotional development are just as important as academics. As you gear up for the next school year, here are…
10 Tips for Making Teacher Talk More Comprehensible for English Learners
July 8, 2025
Today’s classrooms include increasing numbers of students who are learning English in addition to one or more other languages. Teachers should be aware of the needs of their English learners…
9 Tips on Spelling Instruction for Students with Dyslexia
July 3, 2025
Today’s post was adapted from “Teaching Spelling” by Suzanne Carreker, a chapter in Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Fourth Edition, edited by Judith R. Birsh, Ed.D., CALT-QI, & Suzanne…
INFOGRAPHIC: 5 Ways to Help Children Learn About Emotions
July 2, 2025
Looking to help young children develop emotional literacy? Start with these 5 practical suggestions from the Brookes book Tackling the Tough Stuff: ORDER THE BOOK "Tackling the Tough Stuff,…
11 Strategies for Helping Your Students Develop Disability Pride
July 1, 2025
Updated 7/1/2025 If you teach in an inclusive classroom, here's one critical way you can support your students with disabilities: by helping them strengthen their sense of disability pride and…
Preschool Inclusion: 11 Essentials for Team Planning
July 1, 2025
Preschool inclusion benefits all children, with and without disabilities. It takes a highly focused and effective team to implement sustained, high-quality inclusion, and the guidelines in today’s post can help…
6 Don’ts for Increasing Students’ Reading Fluency
June 26, 2025
*Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Fluency in Learning to Read” by Katherine Garnett, in Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Fourth Edition, edited by Judith R. Birsh…
7 Tips for Building a Classroom Library on a Budget
June 22, 2025
A well-stocked, diverse classroom library can help your students develop a lifelong love of reading and expand the key literacy skills you’re teaching every day. Budgets may be tight these…
