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Responding to Dysregulated Behavior: How to Move Forward

Becca Burk

Becca Burk shares how to move forward in healthy ways after the extreme situation of a student dislocating her knee. This is the final installment of a four-part series chronicling the responses when a student with dysregulated behaviors joins Becca’s kindergarten class mid-year.

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My Student Is Risk Averse

Molly James

Molly James explains the difference between shyness and risk aversion.

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September 13, 2024: Create Space

Ruth Ayres

This week’s newsletter is about protecting time and space for learning.

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Morning Hike

Gwen Blumberg

Gwen Blumberg helps us consider and create space for a variety of personalities and learning needs. Inspired by a morning hike, she takes her observations and applies them to give space for all students to learn.

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Responding to Dysregulated Behaviors: What about the other kids?

Becca Burk

Becca Burk reflects on the other kids in the classroom who witness dysregulated behaviors from a classmate. She reminds us of the way grace and acceptance are prominent when we look for the silver linings in difficult situations. This is the third installment of a four-part series chronicling the responses when a student with dysregulated behaviors joins Becca Burk’s kindergarten class mid-year.

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September 6, 2024: Beginning a New School Year

Ruth Ayres

This week’s newsletter is about beginning a new school year.

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August 30, 2024: Belonging

Ruth Ayres

This week’s newsletter is about belonging.

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Responding to Dysregulated Behaviors: A Symptom of What?

Becca Burk

When a new student spirals into anxiety and becomes aggressive, Becca Burk finds herself with a dislocated knee and advocating for the student to return to the classroom. This is the second installment of a four-part series chronicling the responses when a student with dysregulated behaviors joins Becca Burk’s kindergarten class mid-year.

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A Poetic Beginning

Tara Barnett and Kate Mills

Tara Barnett and Kate Mills use poetry to help students discover writing ideas. Inspired by three poems, students share their notebook entries and poems from the first days of a new school year.

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Let’s Begin

Gwen Blumberg

Gwen Blumberg reflects on the community developed at a writing retreat and encourages teachers to consider the community of learners they will intentionally nourish this school year.

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Responding to Dysregulated Behaviors: “What’s a Book?”

Becca Burk

When a new student joins Becca Burk’s kindergarten classroom and asks, “What’s a book?” Becca realizes some behaviors are new to even the most veteran teachers. This is the first installment of a four-part series chronicling the responses when a student with dysregulated behaviors joins Becca Burk’s kindergarten class mid-year.

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Do I Belong?

Tammy Mulligan

Tammy Mulligan considers ways to help students feel and know that they belong in the classroom community. The more we broaden our knowledge of others, and discover more about who we are and what we care about, the more our sense of belonging can grow.

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August 23, 2024: Becoming a Reader

Regie Routman

This week’s newsletter is about becoming a wholehearted reader.

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Kindergarten Celebration of Writing

Molly James

Molly James encourages us to consider ways to make a writing celebration meaningful. You’ll be inspired by her kindergarten writing celebration.

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August 16, 2024: Starting Strong

Tammy Mulligan

This week’s newsletter is about starting the school year.

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Revisiting: Getting to Know My Students

Mandy Robek

Mandy Robek decided that despite the increasing pressures and time-consuming expectations, she will nourish healthy relationships with students. Here are some tried-and-true practices that she wants to maintain.

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August 9, 2024: Good Vibes to Start the School Year

Ruth Ayres

This week’s newsletter is full of good vibes to start the school year.

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Fostering Reading Lives in the Library

Gigi McAllister

Gigi McAllister fosters engaged reading lives through goal-setting in the library. She shares ways we can encourage all readers to have robust reading lives.

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Advice from Hanks

Becca Burk

Becca Burk shares three tips Tom Hanks gave to educators during a keynote address at NCTE. If you’re looking for inspiration, this is just the article for you!

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August 2, 2024: School and Classroom Libraries

Ruth Ayres

This week’s newsletter is about school and classroom libraries.

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Story Walks

Christy Rush-Levine

Christy Rush-Levine invites students into a story walk. While many of our school activities require students to sit still and be quiet, story walks with wordless books are a simple way to invite students to move and talk, with powerful outcomes.

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Early Writing Opportunities in the Library

Gigi McAllister

Gigi McAllister shares informal writing opportunities for students in the school library. Informal and engaging writing activities where students have lots of choice and encouragement make them feel empowered as writers, help them generalize the writing skills they are learning in the classroom, and create joyful writing experiences.