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Planners: About
1/9/2019
Individualized Teacher Planners: Do They Really Work?
Personalized planners are one of the most powerful tools a school has at its disposal. Are they proven to work? Read to find out.
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Individualized Teacher Planners: Do They Really Work?
Personalized planners are one of the most powerful tools a school has at its disposal. Are they proven to work? Read to find out.
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31/5/2018
Is YOUR School Suffering from Planner Malfunction?
Is your school suffering from planner malfunction? What are the symptoms? What are the consequences? Can it be CURED? Read to find out!
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Is YOUR School Suffering from Planner Malfunction?
Is your school suffering from planner malfunction? What are the symptoms? What are the consequences? Can it be CURED? Read to find out!
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26/1/2018
The Power of Planners
Planners can transform the way teachers think and teach, inspiring them to grow and develop a deeper understanding of a school’s philosophy and vision. Are you maximizing the potential of planners at your school? If not, learn how!
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The Power of Planners
Planners can transform the way teachers think and teach, inspiring them to grow and develop a deeper understanding of a school’s philosophy and vision. Are you maximizing the potential of planners at your school? If not, learn how!
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28/10/2018
The Key to Empowering Teachers
Learn the essential element to empowering teachers at your school.
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The Key to Empowering Teachers
Learn the essential element to empowering teachers at your school.
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13/10/2019
Thoughts on ManageBac
Wondering if the ManageBac planning system is the right fit for your IB school? Read to find out.
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Thoughts on ManageBac
Wondering if the ManageBac planning system is the right fit for your IB school? Read to find out.
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2/11/2021
Lesson Plans Versus Lesson Planners
Learn tips for creating tools that will not be limited to feeding teachers short-term fixes but that will allow for long-term professional development and growth.
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Lesson Plans Versus Lesson Planners
Learn tips for creating tools that will not be limited to feeding teachers short-term fixes but that will allow for long-term professional development and growth.
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Planners: Tips & Solutions
4/1/2019
Using Planners to Change Mindset
To achieve a cohesive teaching culture is not an easy process, but it can be done through the use of planners. Read to learn how!
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Using Planners to Change Mindset
To achieve a cohesive teaching culture is not an easy process, but it can be done through the use of planners. Read to learn how!
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10/8/2019
Different Planning Solutions for Your School
Planners are one of the greatest most dynamic tools we possess in education today, and yet so often they are overlooked. Check out some of our planning solutions to see how they can benefit your school.
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Different Planning Solutions for Your School
Planners are one of the greatest most dynamic tools we possess in education today, and yet so often they are overlooked. Check out some of our planning solutions to see how they can benefit your school.
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10/17/2019
Determining the Best Planning Solutions for Your School
Learn tips for deciding which of our presented planning solutions will work best for meeting your school's needs.
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Determining the Best Planning Solutions for Your School
Learn tips for deciding which of our presented planning solutions will work best for meeting your school's needs.
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17/11/2018
Ensuring Relevance and Purpose in Learning
As educators, we must always be mindful that in order for learning to be relevant for our students tomorrow, it must have purpose today. Learn the key to achieving meaningful lessons in the classroom.
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Ensuring Relevance and Purpose in Learning
As educators, we must always be mindful that in order for learning to be relevant for our students tomorrow, it must have purpose today. Learn the key to achieving meaningful lessons in the classroom.
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24/12/2018
The Role of Planners in Curriculum Mapping
Learn how planners can serve to assist the process of curriculum mapping at your school.
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The Role of Planners in Curriculum Mapping
Learn how planners can serve to assist the process of curriculum mapping at your school.
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21/7/2019
Linking Teacher Planners: The Jigsaw Method
Learn more about this clean-cut and straightforward way of ensuring that your staff and the curriculums offered at your school are linked together.
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Linking Teacher Planners: The Jigsaw Method
Learn more about this clean-cut and straightforward way of ensuring that your staff and the curriculums offered at your school are linked together.
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27/7/2019
Linking Teacher Planners: The Symbiotic Method
In some instances, planners need to connect with complete fluidity and flexibility. Learn more about the Symbiotic Method of linking planners and if it's the right fit for your school!
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Linking Teacher Planners: The Symbiotic Method
In some instances, planners need to connect with complete fluidity and flexibility. Learn more about the Symbiotic Method of linking planners and if it's the right fit for your school!
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31/3/2019
How to Use Planners as a Learning Tool for Students
Are you maximizing the use of student planners in your classroom? If not, read to learn tips on how!
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How to Use Planners as a Learning Tool for Students
Are you maximizing the use of student planners in your classroom? If not, read to learn tips on how!
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8/1/2019
How to Use Planners as a Tool for Mentoring Teachers
Mentoring teachers through the use of planners is far more effective than any PD you will ever give. Learn how one can teach and guide staff using planners.
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How to Use Planners as a Tool for Mentoring Teachers
Mentoring teachers through the use of planners is far more effective than any PD you will ever give. Learn how one can teach and guide staff using planners.
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8/9/2019
Tips for Personalizing Planners at Your School
Learn tips for individualizing teacher planners at your school in order to accommodate varying needs, and support each staff member's professional growth.
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Tips for Personalizing Planners at Your School
Learn tips for individualizing teacher planners at your school in order to accommodate varying needs, and support each staff member's professional growth.
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19/06/2020
Creating a Collaborative Planning Template
Learn how to create the ideal collaborative planning template that will allow your staff to team plan even if they cannot attend face-to-face meetings.
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Creating a Collaborative Planning Template
Learn how to create the ideal collaborative planning template that will allow your staff to team plan even if they cannot attend face-to-face meetings.
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29/06/2020
Helping Parents Become Co-Teachers
With the recent shift towards remote learning brings about the need to begin viewing parents as co-teachers and as such they will need to be supported accordingly. Learn tips on how.
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Helping Parents Become Co-Teachers
With the recent shift towards remote learning brings about the need to begin viewing parents as co-teachers and as such they will need to be supported accordingly. Learn tips on how.
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20/07/2020
Creating a Student Planner for Distance Learning
Should remote learning continue in some capacity next year, you as a teacher may once again be faced with the task of helping students organize themselves at home which – good news for you – can easily be done by providing them with a planning template that would allow learners to feel empowered and in control of their schedules. Learn how!
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Creating a Student Planner for Distance Learning
Should remote learning continue in some capacity next year, you as a teacher may once again be faced with the task of helping students organize themselves at home which – good news for you – can easily be done by providing them with a planning template that would allow learners to feel empowered and in control of their schedules. Learn how!
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22/3/2021
Tips for Creating Teacher Planning Templates
Do you work at a school that encourages you to create your own planning templates? If so, learn tips for creating the ideal planners to meet your needs.
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Tips for Creating Teacher Planning Templates
Do you work at a school that encourages you to create your own planning templates? If so, learn tips for creating the ideal planners to meet your needs.
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22/06/2021
Helping Students Overcome Anxiety
Looking for ways to help students overcome anxiety and improve their mental health? Read to learn tips on how!
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Helping Students Overcome Anxiety
Looking for ways to help students overcome anxiety and improve their mental health? Read to learn tips on how!
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11/10/2021
Tips for Transdisciplinary Planning
The art of transdisciplinary planning requires that teachers view subject areas as part of an integrated whole versus separate blocks, which is easier said than done for most. Whether you are asking others on your team to plan this way, or you are being asked yourself, there are a few things you can do to help implement this line of thinking. Learn tips on how!
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Tips for Transdisciplinary Planning
The art of transdisciplinary planning requires that teachers view subject areas as part of an integrated whole versus separate blocks, which is easier said than done for most. Whether you are asking others on your team to plan this way, or you are being asked yourself, there are a few things you can do to help implement this line of thinking. Learn tips on how!
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27/10/2021
Tips for Implementing a New Approach in Your Classroom
Wondering how to incorporate a new approach you have learned about into your lessons? Read to find out!
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Tips for Implementing a New Approach in Your Classroom
Wondering how to incorporate a new approach you have learned about into your lessons? Read to find out!
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10/4/2022
Using the Home Edit Process in Education
Looking for a clear-cut process for revamping old unit plans? Read on!
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Using the Home Edit Process in Education
Looking for a clear-cut process for revamping old unit plans? Read on!
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Planners: ESBPlanners
29/11/2021
ESBPlanners - Planning Tools for Educators
Learn more about our upcoming software designed to help teachers easily design, customize, share and store templates!
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ESBPlanners - Planning Tools for Educators
Learn more about our upcoming software designed to help teachers easily design, customize, share and store templates!
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6/12/2021
Collaborative Teaching Planning Tools - ESBPlanners
What if I told you that it would be possible to have teams of teachers communicating with each other on a regular basis without having to schedule daily or weekly meetings? Well, very soon it can be, with our newly created software, ESBPlanners! Learn more about its time-saving features.
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Collaborative Teaching Planning Tools - ESBPlanners
What if I told you that it would be possible to have teams of teachers communicating with each other on a regular basis without having to schedule daily or weekly meetings? Well, very soon it can be, with our newly created software, ESBPlanners! Learn more about its time-saving features.
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25/1/2022
Tracking Student Progress With ESBPlanners
What would the ultimate software for tracking student progress look like? Read to find out!
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Tracking Student Progress With ESBPlanners
What would the ultimate software for tracking student progress look like? Read to find out!
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15/12/2021
Implementing a Multidisciplinary Approach at Your School
Implementing a multidisciplinary approach may seem like a tall order; however, with the right planning tools and software program, a team of teachers can easily do so! Learn tips on how.
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Implementing a Multidisciplinary Approach at Your School
Implementing a multidisciplinary approach may seem like a tall order; however, with the right planning tools and software program, a team of teachers can easily do so! Learn tips on how.
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28/2/2022
Creating a 2-in-1 Planner Using ESBPlanners
What is a 2-in-1 planner and how can one be designed using ESBPlanners? Read to find out!
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Creating a 2-in-1 Planner Using ESBPlanners
What is a 2-in-1 planner and how can one be designed using ESBPlanners? Read to find out!
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17/1/2022
Implementing an Interdisciplinary Approach at Your School
Learn tips for implementing an interdisciplinary approach at your school!
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Implementing an Interdisciplinary Approach at Your School
Learn tips for implementing an interdisciplinary approach at your school!
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8/3/2022
Creating a Hybrid Lesson Planner - ESBPlanners
Is there anything one can do to mitigate stress and easily organize oneself to be able to effectively implement multiple teaching methods and/or philosophies? Yes, by creating a hybrid planning tool using our upcoming software, ESBPlanners!
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Creating a Hybrid Lesson Planner - ESBPlanners
Is there anything one can do to mitigate stress and easily organize oneself to be able to effectively implement multiple teaching methods and/or philosophies? Yes, by creating a hybrid planning tool using our upcoming software, ESBPlanners!
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19/4/2022
Creating Rubrics Using ESBPlanners
Looking for a way to create rubrics for your students that align with your school’s curriculum? Look no further! Read to learn more.
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Creating Rubrics Using ESBPlanners
Looking for a way to create rubrics for your students that align with your school’s curriculum? Look no further! Read to learn more.
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Planners: Samples of Our Work
27/1/2018
Setting Up a Guided Reading Program Across Grade Levels
This Guided Reading Program was originally designed to accommodate shifting student needs (triggered by a decrease in the student body), and was the ideal solution for our school. But this program could also work at schools that have multiple classes of the same grade – for example, three Primary 1 classes. Learn more about the program and if it could be beneficial at your school!
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Setting Up a Guided Reading Program Across Grade Levels
This Guided Reading Program was originally designed to accommodate shifting student needs (triggered by a decrease in the student body), and was the ideal solution for our school. But this program could also work at schools that have multiple classes of the same grade – for example, three Primary 1 classes. Learn more about the program and if it could be beneficial at your school!
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10/10/2018
A Planning Template for Passion-Based Learning
Learn more about this passion-based planning template that will allow a teacher to become a facilitator of learning and provide students the skills to pursue their passions for life!
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A Planning Template for Passion-Based Learning
Learn more about this passion-based planning template that will allow a teacher to become a facilitator of learning and provide students the skills to pursue their passions for life!
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10/11/2019
The Transdisciplinary Planners
This set of transdisciplinary planners is designed to support an International Baccalaureate (IB) school following the Primary Years Programme (PYP). Learn more about them and how they could be implemented at your school.
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The Transdisciplinary Planners
This set of transdisciplinary planners is designed to support an International Baccalaureate (IB) school following the Primary Years Programme (PYP). Learn more about them and how they could be implemented at your school.
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26/1/2019
An Emergent Curriculum and the IEYC: Can They Coexist?
An Emergent Curriculum based on the Reggio Emilia approach and the International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC) are two seeming polar opposites. Or are they? Can they coexist? Read to find out!
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An Emergent Curriculum and the IEYC: Can They Coexist?
An Emergent Curriculum based on the Reggio Emilia approach and the International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC) are two seeming polar opposites. Or are they? Can they coexist? Read to find out!
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24/7/2018
Customized Planners
Have you recently attended professional development or read up on a new teaching approach you would like to implement in your classroom or in your homeschooling program, but are unsure how or where to begin? We can help!
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Customized Planners
Have you recently attended professional development or read up on a new teaching approach you would like to implement in your classroom or in your homeschooling program, but are unsure how or where to begin? We can help!
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22/6/2019
Planners for Personal Growth
What kind of educator do you aspire to be? By using our templates as a starting point, defining your goals and developing plan of action to achieve them, anything is possible!
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Planners for Personal Growth
What kind of educator do you aspire to be? By using our templates as a starting point, defining your goals and developing plan of action to achieve them, anything is possible!
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30/9/2019
8 Steps to Setting Up a Classroom
Setting up a classroom can be a stressful experience, especially when starting out as a new teacher, switching schools, or switching grade levels, which is why we have designed the Classroom Setup planning template, along with some easy steps and tips to follow.
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8 Steps to Setting Up a Classroom
Setting up a classroom can be a stressful experience, especially when starting out as a new teacher, switching schools, or switching grade levels, which is why we have designed the Classroom Setup planning template, along with some easy steps and tips to follow.
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12/1/2019
A Planning Template for Multi-Level Modern Foreign Language Classes
Learn more about this planner that will allow a Modern Foreign Language (MFL) teacher to easily accommodate multiple levels of student abilities in one classroom!
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A Planning Template for Multi-Level Modern Foreign Language Classes
Learn more about this planner that will allow a Modern Foreign Language (MFL) teacher to easily accommodate multiple levels of student abilities in one classroom!
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16/11/2019
Creating Transdisciplinary Assessments and Rubrics
Imagine the power of a planning system where teachers co-create “transdisciplinary" summative assessment tasks that are based on “transdisciplinary” standards with the matching “transdisciplinary” rubrics to support them. Interested? Read to find out how!
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Creating Transdisciplinary Assessments and Rubrics
Imagine the power of a planning system where teachers co-create “transdisciplinary" summative assessment tasks that are based on “transdisciplinary” standards with the matching “transdisciplinary” rubrics to support them. Interested? Read to find out how!
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23/11/2019
Planning an IB PYP Unit
Tips and templates to help you plan an IB PYP unit with confidence!
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Planning an IB PYP Unit
Tips and templates to help you plan an IB PYP unit with confidence!
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30/11/2019
A Reggio Inspired Approach to the IB's Primary Years Programme
Many schools wonder if the International Baccalaureate’s (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Reggio Emilia philosophy can be combined to create a working hybrid model, and the answer is yes, absolutely! Learn how.
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A Reggio Inspired Approach to the IB's Primary Years Programme
Many schools wonder if the International Baccalaureate’s (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Reggio Emilia philosophy can be combined to create a working hybrid model, and the answer is yes, absolutely! Learn how.
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9/5/2020
How to Overcome Resistance to Change at Your School
Ever had an idea you thought was so great, only to be met with grumbles of protest once you have proposed it to your staff? Wondering if there was a way to get everyone on board and enthusiastic the next time you want to initiate change within in your school? Learn how!
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How to Overcome Resistance to Change at Your School
Ever had an idea you thought was so great, only to be met with grumbles of protest once you have proposed it to your staff? Wondering if there was a way to get everyone on board and enthusiastic the next time you want to initiate change within in your school? Learn how!
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1/6/2020
Ensuring Your Environment Becomes the Third Teacher
Learn how to set up your Reggio inspired classroom so that the environment truly becomes the third teacher!
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Ensuring Your Environment Becomes the Third Teacher
Learn how to set up your Reggio inspired classroom so that the environment truly becomes the third teacher!
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Reading
10/8/2020
Creating a Guided Reading Template for Students
What if there was a way to increase student engagement during Guided Reading lessons and ensure they understand the purpose of each activity presented to the them? Learn the simple steps one can follow for creating a student planner that will do precisely that!
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Creating a Guided Reading Template for Students
What if there was a way to increase student engagement during Guided Reading lessons and ensure they understand the purpose of each activity presented to the them? Learn the simple steps one can follow for creating a student planner that will do precisely that!
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26/3/2018
Rethinking Current Guided Reading Resources
Do the current guided reading books need to be adjusted so that children can benefit from them in the earlier stages of reading? Learn more about the reasons why it might be time we rethink current programs.
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Rethinking Current Guided Reading Resources
Do the current guided reading books need to be adjusted so that children can benefit from them in the earlier stages of reading? Learn more about the reasons why it might be time we rethink current programs.
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9/3/2018
Learning to Read vs. Vocabulary Building
If learning to read and vocabulary building are two different areas of learning ... what does that mean for educators and the resources we use? Read to find out.
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Learning to Read vs. Vocabulary Building
If learning to read and vocabulary building are two different areas of learning ... what does that mean for educators and the resources we use? Read to find out.
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21/6/2018
Our Emergent Readers eBooks
Our Emergent Readers collection forms the foundation for teaching young learners how to read. Our series has been specifically structured and scaffolded with the aim of building children’s confidence and improving their reading skills at each level. Learn more about our reading program!
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Our Emergent Readers eBooks
Our Emergent Readers collection forms the foundation for teaching young learners how to read. Our series has been specifically structured and scaffolded with the aim of building children’s confidence and improving their reading skills at each level. Learn more about our reading program!
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24/1/2018
The Emergent Readers Collection
As a parent and educator I encouraged my daughter to practice reading strategies: to look at the picture, try sounding the word out letter by letter, try chunking … but when these tactics fail what can you do? It was out of this frustration that our Emergent Readers eBooks were created.
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The Emergent Readers Collection
As a parent and educator I encouraged my daughter to practice reading strategies: to look at the picture, try sounding the word out letter by letter, try chunking … but when these tactics fail what can you do? It was out of this frustration that our Emergent Readers eBooks were created.
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2/3/2018
Reading Gaps - Time to Change Perspective
“Where are the gaps in students’ reading abilities coming from?”. The traditional perspective would point to the teachers or the students themselves, but what if this is not the case? Is it time to change our perspective? Read to find out more.
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Reading Gaps - Time to Change Perspective
“Where are the gaps in students’ reading abilities coming from?”. The traditional perspective would point to the teachers or the students themselves, but what if this is not the case? Is it time to change our perspective? Read to find out more.
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27/9/2020
Reading Assessment Forms for Beginning Readers
Ever wonder if it would be possible to track student reading at the beginning stages – to be able to identify exactly where learners are struggling and help them to rectify issues even before they start on leveled readers? Well it is! Read to find out more.
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Reading Assessment Forms for Beginning Readers
Ever wonder if it would be possible to track student reading at the beginning stages – to be able to identify exactly where learners are struggling and help them to rectify issues even before they start on leveled readers? Well it is! Read to find out more.
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16/10/2020
Early Reading Assessment Tools
Learn more about our editable reading assessment forms that are designed to help you evaluate students every step of the way on their reading journey!
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Early Reading Assessment Tools
Learn more about our editable reading assessment forms that are designed to help you evaluate students every step of the way on their reading journey!
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26/10/2020
CVC Words Learning Videos
Learn more about our newly developed learning videos that are not only in line with our existing CVC Words Emergent Readers eBooks, but that also allow for learners to practice reading skills in fun and engaging ways!
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CVC Words Learning Videos
Learn more about our newly developed learning videos that are not only in line with our existing CVC Words Emergent Readers eBooks, but that also allow for learners to practice reading skills in fun and engaging ways!
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11/7/21
CVC & Sight Words Learning Videos
Learn more about our new latest collection of CVC & Sight Words reading videos that accompany our existing emergent readers ebooks!
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CVC & Sight Words Learning Videos
Learn more about our new latest collection of CVC & Sight Words reading videos that accompany our existing emergent readers ebooks!
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25/8/2021
Fun Reading Activities for Kids
In search of some fun activities for teaching children how to read? Check out our list of ideas!
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Fun Reading Activities for Kids
In search of some fun activities for teaching children how to read? Check out our list of ideas!
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