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    4 Steps to a Rigorous Writing Program

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    Help Students Clear the Way for Critical Thinking

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Critical Thinking

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    10 Reasons Why We Write #WhyIWrite

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing
    Writing Process

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    Feeling Somewhat Texty

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    Writing to Learn Revisited…Again

    21st Century Skills: 
    Writing to Learn

    Blog Post

    Writing Workshops: The Only Way to Go

    21st Century Skills: 
    Writing to Learn
    Collaborating

    Blog Post

    7 Effective Vocabulary-Building Activities

    21st Century Skills: 
    Building Vocabulary

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    Getting Your "Ugh" Across

    21st Century Skills: 
    Information Literacy
    Communicating
    Media Literacy

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    Test Your Social-Emotional Intelligence

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Attention and Focus
    Impulse Control
    Emotion

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    Developing Students' Social-Emotional Intelligence

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Emotion
    Socialization
    Impulse Control
    Attention and Focus

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    Creating a Growth Mindset in Your Students

    21st Century Skills: 
    Life Skills
    Initiative
    Leadership
    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Attention and Focus
    Self-Care

    Blog Post

    How to Engage Your Students with Shared Inquiry

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing
    Writing Process
    Qualities of Writing
    Ideas
    Structure
    Conventions
    21st Century Skills: 
    Critical Thinking
    Creative Thinking
    Reading
    Reading to Learn

    Blog Post

    What does your PLN look like?

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Life Skills
    Communicating
    Collaborating
    Social Skills
    Initiative
    Flexibility
    Productivity
    Reading
    Writing
    Speaking
    Listening

    Blog Post

    Planning Less, Learning More

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Building Vocabulary

    Blog Post

    9 Ways to Empower Reluctant Writers

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    Mapping Your Writing Process

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing Process
    Prewriting
    Writing
    Revising
    Editing

    Blog Post

    Developing Fluent Readers

    English Language Arts: 
    Reading
    21st Century Skills: 
    Reading

    Blog Post

    Teaching Revision Strategies

    English Language Arts: 
    Revising
    Elaboration
    Writing Process

    Blog Post

    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

    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

    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

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