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Teacher Appreciation Week: Share the Love!

4/29/2016

As teachers, we value the teachers in our lives. We know firsthand that teaching is incredibly hard work that takes passion and dedication. This year, we want to use Teacher Appreciation Week to appreciate the people in our lives who have made and continue to make our teaching journey possible. We hope you'll join us in our Teacher Appreciation Week Challenge to BubbleUp with Thanks!

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Book Spine Poetry: Building Poems One Book at a Time

4/26/2016

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As promised, here's a look at the work our students did during our Book Spine Poetry Workshop in celebration of National Poetry Month.

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A Picture Really Can Say a Thousand Words...

4/22/2016

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Like most teachers, we strive to find the perfect introduction to a new unit. We find ourselves asking the same question every time we launch into a new topic. How can we capture our students interest while also activating their prior knowledge? This week we rediscovered what we already knew -- that sometimes the simple answer the best answer: use an image.

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Can't Stop. Won't Stop: More Poetry!

4/13/2016

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We know, We know. We've already had one National Poetry Month post, but we just can't help ourselves. Brainstorming about bringing poetry into different disciplines led us to more lesson ideas that we had to share. Even better, Gretchen has put together her favorite sites for poetry resources at the end of this post.

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National Poetry Month Ideas for Social Studies

4/3/2016

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National Poetry Month isn’t just for English classes. Poetry can be integrated into a variety of subjects. In our roles as a classroom teacher and school librarian in Fairfax County, Virginia, we’ve put our heads together to come up with easy ways to integrate poetry into social studies, or really any subject. We believe that when librarians and teachers collaborate that bigger and better things happen for students.

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Teacher Appreciation Week: Share the Love!

Book Spine Poetry: Building Poems One Book at a Time

A Picture Really Can Say a Thousand Words...

Can't Stop. Won't Stop: More Poetry!

National Poetry Month Ideas for Social Studies

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Teacher Appreciati﻿on Week: Share the Love!

Book Spine Poetry: Building Poems One Book at a Time

A Picture Really Can Say a Thousand Words...

Can't Stop. Won't Stop: More Poetry!

National Poetry Month Ideas for Social Studies

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