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Challenge Your Students to Do NaNoWriMo
By Eric Braun November has started, but it is not too late to get kids involved in an interesting writing project. If a novel is too ambitious, a novella or a couple of short stories can spur the creative juices. Have … Continue reading
Active Learning on the First Day of School
By Hope Sara Blecher-Sass, Ed.D., and Maryellen Moffitt, coauthors of See It, Be It, Write It As the summer days get shorter, you may be wondering about your new students and the opening of a new school year. Many teachers are thinking … Continue reading
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