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    Classroom Strategies

    10 Read alouds to foster a growth mindset

    Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. What is growth mindset? Every teacher wants their students to persevere and overcome failure.  How do we get our students to that point?  We foster a growth mindset.  Teaching students to push through challenges will cultivate a love of learning and knowledge.  According to Carol Dweck, Ph.D., there are two mindsets, fixed and growth.  People with a fixed mindset tend to avoid challenges and give up easily.  On the other hand, individuals with a growth mindset embrace challenges and keep trying.  I’ve seen…

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    5 Steps to Better Guided Reading

    Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.  But don’t worry, I never recommend products I don’t believe in! 5 Easy Steps to Better Guided Reading   What is guided reading?   Guided reading is a powerful and essential instructional approach that develops better readers.  I love guided reading!  But for new teachers or teachers who haven’t used guided reading before, it can be difficult to wrap your head around.  Regardless of the grade you teach or the instructional levels of your students, the essentials of guided reading remain the…

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    Kindergarten Tips for Teachers

    Kindergarten is fun! Kindergarten is a fun and exciting year.  If you’ve never taught kindergarten before or if you’d like to learn some new tips and tricks, keep reading!  Kindergarten is a wonderful age of learning, exploring, and enormous growth.  Just like any other grade, kindergarten has its challenges.  A few years ago, I was unexpectedly transferred to kindergarten.  I was so nervous and I had no idea what to expect.  The only experience I had in teaching was in the upper grades.  I thought kindergarten was scary.  How in the world do you keep 25, five your olds busy all day, let alone engaged?!  I want to share with…