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Elementary School EL/ ML teacher | Public School | Grades 1-2 | Science and Social Studies | Northern Illinois | Dog 🐾 Lover | Houseplant 🌱 Enthusiast
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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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April 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Cultivating Speaking and Listening Skills in the Primary Grades
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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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March 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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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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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.
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February 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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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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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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January 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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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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December 13, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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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 ⤵️
December 12, 2024 at 2:24 AM
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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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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.
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December 12, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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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. 3/20

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Title: Devil in the White City. Author: Erik Larson There is a picture of Chicago’s world fare.
December 11, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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Title: A Walk in the Woods By: Bill Bryson A picture of woods with a bear looking at the reader.
December 10, 2024 at 12:34 AM
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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.
December 9, 2024 at 1:41 AM