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How to be Successful and Communicate Effectively with Parents on Facebook
You are wanting to know how to communicate effectively with parents? Do you want to have positive communication with your students’ parents, but the day gets too long? Believe me, I have been there. I would be in class and the behaviors would wear me out. Then I would just run out of energy to…
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How to Effectively be a Good Substitute Teacher that Everyone Loves
Whether you are just starting out or you are a retired teacher figuring out how to be a good substitute teacher takes some time. Here are a few tips to get you started out right or some ways that you can up your substitute teaching game. These tips work whether you are a long term substitute…
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15 Amazing Teaching Attention Getters to Easily Refocus Students
Whether you have used teaching attention getters or callbacks in the classroom or not, they are a great way to get students’ attention and refocus. What are attention getters? Attention getters, sometimes called callbacks, are a quick word, phrase or saying that students know are a cue to be quiet and focus attention. These were a…
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This is What Helps Handwriting in the Elementary Classroom
Student handwriting can be a pretty controversial topic among parents and teachers. This blog post contains my opinions from observation and practice in my elementary classrooms in grades 2-5 as well as subbing in Kindergarten. I would love to hear what you thing too, whether you are a parent or a teacher. Let me know…
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16 Substitute Teacher Bag Things That Are Easy
All easy things around your house or on Amazon that you need in your substitute teacher bag to get you through the day and keep calm and carry on. Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate…
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Advantages and Disadvantages to Being a Long Term Substitute Teacher
Being a long term substitute teacher can look very different from day to day depending on what you are working on. One of the best parts of being a substitute teacher is schedule flexibility. If you are a long term substitute teacher such as for maternity leave then the routine of day to day becomes familiar…
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