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    Connect SEL to the Brain

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Brain Stem
    Cortex
    Limbic System
    Brain and Nervous System

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    How to Scaffold Grammar Instruction

    English Language Arts: 
    Grammar
    Complex Sentences
    Commas
    Sentence Combining

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    Close the Year with Joyful Writing

    Blog Post

    Improve SEL Through Literature

    English Language Arts: 
    Reading
    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Emotion
    Social-Emotional Learning

    Blog Post

    Surveying Growth in Your Writing Classroom

    Blog Post

    How to Give Good Grammar Feedback

    English Language Arts: 
    Grammar

    Blog Post

    Keep Calm And Reflect On Your Teaching

    Blog Post

    How to Address Back-to-School Fears

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Fear
    Empathy
    Social-Emotional Learning

    Blog Post

    Make Way for Writers' Notebooks

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing
    Writing to Learn
    Prewriting

    Blog Post

    Create Community in Your Classroom

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    SEL
    Mindfulness
    Team Building

    Blog Post

    Create Classroom Discussions Online

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing
    Reading
    Writing to Learn
    Prewriting

    Blog Post

    Teach Revision with Writing Models

    English Language Arts: 
    Revising
    Reading
    Writing Process

    Blog Post

    Empower Students with Choice

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing to Learn
    21st Century Skills: 
    Writing

    Blog Post

    Thinking with Brain and Body

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Mindfulness
    SEL
    Social-Emotional Learning

    Blog Post

    6 Ways to Scaffold Writing for ELLs

    English Language Arts: 
    Paragraphs
    Sentences
    Fluid Sentences
    Prewriting
    Writing

    Blog Post

    Inquire About Your Community

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Planning
    Questioning
    Researching
    Creating
    Improving
    Visual Literacy
    Web Project

    Blog Post

    Teach “Out There” Thinking

    21st Century Skills: 
    Visual Literacy
    Audio-Visual Project
    Creative Thinking
    Creating

    Blog Post

    5 Fun Thanksgiving Writing Prompts

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing
    Writing Process
    Ideas
    Prewriting

    Blog Post

    How to Reach Reluctant Writers

    Blog Post

    Launch Into Argument Writing

    English Language Arts: 
    Prewriting
    Thesis Statement
    Writing
    Writing Process

    Blog Post

    8 Mindful Writing Habits (and 16 Prompts!)

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing Process
    Writing
    21st Century Skills: 
    Creative Thinking
    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking
    Questioning
    Researching
    Creating

    Blog Post

    Bend the Rules to Teach the Rules

    English Language Arts: 
    Grammar
    Sentence Fragments
    Fragments
    Sentence
    Fluid Sentences
    Sentences

    Blog Post

    ELA and SEL: Partners in Learning

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing
    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    SEL
    Social-Emotional Learning
    Emotion

    Blog Post

    Take Note of Podcasts

    English Language Arts: 
    Logical Organization
    21st Century Skills: 
    Media Literacy
    Listening
    Technology Literacy
    Information Literacy

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