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Student-Led Conferences Part One: Preparation
Kriscia Cabral Friday, October 9, 2015 Use these quick tips to turn your conferences with parents into a student-led meeting, where all parties are partners who play an important role in the learning...
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Student-Led Conferences Part Two: The Application
Kriscia Cabral Thursday, November 12, 2015 What does a student-led conference look like? What is my role as teacher? Use these helpful tips to ensure success in your student-led conferences this year....
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Computer Coding Takeaways
Kriscia Cabral Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Wondering where to start with coding with you class? Read on to find a couple quick activities along with the positive message that can be shared through...
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Motivating Student Learning Through Praise
Kriscia Cabral Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Motivate your students by offering praise of their processes. Read on to find out how to take a simple observation and turn it into a purposeful comment that...
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Reviewing the Writing Process With Play-Doh!
Kriscia Cabral Friday, February 12, 2016 Here’s a lesson that uses Play-Doh as the writing “tool.” Students go through the process of writing while connecting it to an activity they can’t resist. Read...
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Your Go-To Guide for Close Reading
Kriscia Cabral Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Read on to see how I took one Scholastic resource and used it to help students find ownership of learning, and promote engaged reading in the classroom. Read...
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Earth Day Public Service Announcements
Kriscia Cabral Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Introduce your students to the role of public service announcements by creating Earth Day PSAs. Read on to see how you can prep now for a student-created...
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Showcasing Evidence of Student Learning
Kriscia Cabral Friday, May 13, 2016 It's time again to wrap up projects, clean out work spaces, and show what your students have been up to all year. Creating a showcase where students can provide...
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Picture Books That Inspire Student Writing
Kriscia Cabral Friday, September 9, 2016 Finding a starting place to spark student ideas for writing time can be tricky. Here are books I use for idea starters, along with prompts and suggestions to...
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Using Storyworks Vocabulary Slides in Reading Instruction
Kriscia Cabral Friday, November 4, 2016 My new favorite Storyworks feature from the online teacher support page is the vocabulary slide show. Here’s how I’ve used this resource in my classroom! Read...
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