Inspirational Ideas To Help Teachers Thrive
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Inspirational Ideas To Help Teachers Thrive
Bring some FUN back into spelling!Sign up for the Spelling Game Challenge, and you’ll get a new spelling game each day for 5 days!
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CVC Activities Mini Books | CVC Words Phonics Practice
CVC Words Mini Books are a fun and effective way to help your students with short vowel phonics practice using CVC words. There are 35 mini-books in this set.
Phonics Activities and Games for r Sound Words | r rr rh wr
This NO PREP Phonics pack will help your students master the /r/ sound. It’s filled with FUN activities that are perfect for stations or intervention.
Classroom Spelling Games for Advanced Spelling Words
Your students will love practicing their spelling with these interactive classroom spelling games. It includes word cards, and a suggested teaching order.
OU and OW Words Worksheets and Activities
Mastering phonics skills requires repeated practice. This NO PREP phonics pack will help your students master the phoneme /ow/, ou and ow words.
Natural Disaster Words | Word Wall Cards with Definitions
Enhance vocabulary with Natural Disaster Words! Engaging word wall cards in 3 different options for interactive learning and engagement.
CVC Words: Activities & Games Set 4
Are you teaching your kindergarten kids how to read and spell CVC words? Here you’ll find CVC words activities, games and worksheets.
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3 Fun Easter Activities For Kids To Use With Your Class
Holidays and seasons provide great themes for the grades 1–3 classroom. Here are 3 Easter activities for kids to help you bring the holiday spirit to your class.
7 Student Engagement Strategies To Motivate Your Class
Keeping your students motivated and engaged is essential to their learning, so it’s good to have student engagement strategies to help do just that.
Best Books For Teachers: 21 Books To Read Now
I have some suggestions for books to help you learn — and a great way to move beyond theory to practice. Here are some of the best books for teachers!
Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe.
Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of Western Australia, in-class coaching of graduate teachers, education program management, specialist dyslexia teaching, and one-on-one literacy intervention.
Mel believes teaching is a journey. It can be rewarding, inspiring, funny, hard work, and sometimes overwhelming. She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate.
Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe.
Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of Western Australia, in-class coaching of graduate teachers, education program management, specialist dyslexia teaching, and one-on-one literacy intervention.
Mel believes teaching is a journey. It can be rewarding, inspiring, funny, hard work, and sometimes overwhelming. She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate.
Top-Notch Teaching was recently selected as a Top Australian Education Blog for 2019 by Twinkl – read what they had to say here.
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