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Using Me Boxes to Promote Identity, Academics, and Play

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The importance of including more play has been on Kate’s mind in her first-grade classroom for the past few years. It’s a newer concept to her. It just wasn’t a...

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Tara Barnett and Kate Mills

Tara Barnett and Kate Mills are teachers in New Jersey. Their favorite years in the classroom have been the ones they co-taught together, when they experienced the powerful effects of professional collaboration for both the teachers and the students in the classroom. They blog together at Tara and Kate.

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Authentic Audiences for Writing in School

Tara Barnett and Kate Mills

Our student writers deserve to have authentic audiences. Tara Barnett and Kate Mills share two opportunities for authentic peer audiences for finished writing pieces in school. Finding space and time for student writing to be seen and heard by their peers in meaningful ways is essential.

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Purposeful Ways to Incorporate Interactive Writing at the Start of the Year

Tara Barnett and Kate Mills

One of the instructional methods we love the most in primary classrooms is interactive writing. It allows us to target the needs of our learners as individuals and reinforce the phonics rules we’ve been studying whole-class, builds community by co-creating something together, and gives us a chance to use our learning in real, authentic, and purposeful ways. Tara Barnett and Kate Mills offer simple ways you can use interactive writing to co-create your classroom space with your students.

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Play Is Powerful: Sharing Student Learning with Families

Becca Burk

When kindergarten teacher Becca Burk overheard students’ parents comparing herself and a colleague, she reflected on the importance of play for young learners. In this article, Becca shares ways to communicate the power of play and students’ learning with families.

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