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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Long I Worksheets and Games Print & Digital | Includes igh y ie i_e
Boost Skills with Long I – Engaging Worksheets & Games for Mastering Long I Sound Spelling Patterns (igh, y, ie, i_e). Perfect for intervention.
Writing Prompts with a Phonics Focus {ae}
Help your students become confident writers with these phonics writing prompts for kids. They are perfect to use for weekly homework or in a writing center.
Halloween Classroom Job Charts
Having classroom helpers promotes responsibility and community, and these cute Halloween classroom job charts make managing classroom jobs easier.
CCVC Words Worksheets and Activities
In this NO PREP phonics pack your students will be engaged in reading and spelling ccvc words. The pack includes FUN ccvc worksheets and interactive games.
Digraph ng Words Worksheets and Activities | Print & Digital
This digraph ng words pack provides ready to print posters, games and activities that are perfect for independent practice and small group work.
Initial and Final Consonant Blends Mini Books
Help your students practice and master consonant blends with these initial and final consonant blends mini books. There are 15 mini-books in this pack.
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7 Ways To Make Homework Fun For Back To School
Are you tired of the same old same old homework or heading back to school and need new ideas? Here are some creative homework ideas to put into the mix.
How A Phonics Scope And Sequence Can Organize Your Lessons
A phonics scope and sequence provides a systematic and explicit plan for teaching phonics and the core code knowledge. Grab your free scope and sequence.
How To Teach Telling Time In 2022 With New Activities
When we talk about teaching time, we want students to tell the time using analog and digital clocks, figure out elapsed time and write time in different ways.
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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