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Maximizing Your Time: Fitting Everything into a Class Period

Do you ever feel like you are in a race against time in your classroom, trying to fit everything in before the bell rings? As

The BEST Tip for Engaging Reluctant Readers

Are you looking for a way to spice up your students’ silent reading time? Do you want to introduce some excitement and variety into your

Get Real with Small Group Discussions

Patricia here, from the curriculum team at EB Academics! If you’re an ELA teacher (and I’m guessing you are), I’m willing to bet you’ve experienced

4 Quick & Easy Tips for Scaffolding Lessons

When you became a teacher, your goal was to reach every single student in your classroom. From the high-flying scholars who could compose better essays

Help Your Students Find Credible Sources Online

We know you have experienced this before. A well-meaning friend or relative sends you an article to read — maybe it’s about a recent scientific

Bring Stories to Life in Your Classroom!

As a teacher, you may have had this common experience. You have a beautiful, complex novel to use in your unit. It contains important messages

What Should You Do When Students Want to Read Ahead?

The Power of Reading Ahead Arrangements If you’re an ELA teacher, you have probably been in this situation before. You’ve carefully crafted lessons and activities

Two More Pre-Reading Ideas for Your Teaching Toolbox

One of the most common questions we see our teachers asking is, “Can anyone recommend a good anticipation activity for a novel?” This is because

Anticipation Stations: An All-In-One Activity to Kickstart Your Next Reading Unit

Patricia here! Before we start discussing a great pre-reading tool that you can use to engage and prepare your young readers, I’d like to make

Batch Planning EB Lesson Planning Approach

3 Engaging Ways to Start Any Literature Unit

Hopefully, you caught last week’s blog post where we laid the basic foundations of our EB Lesson Planning Approach (and touched upon the life-changing concept

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Then, pick the date you’re going to teach it in your classroom, and sit back while you watch as your students show up to your classroom pumped about what the day holds…and gush about your class to their parents on the car ride home!