Ready for a moment to breathe in between help sessions, grading papers, putting up new bulletin boards, organizing your reading library, advising the yearbook, hosting the poetry slam, etc. etc.? You’ve come to the right place. Here you’ll find creative plug-and-play curriculum to engage and empower your students. I only put my favorites on this page, so get ready for goodness.
Ever find it difficult to keep track of all the amazing creative ideas you have for class? The Ed Deck makes it simple. You’ll start with 41 cards full of creative possibilities, and add more with the blank, editable set that comes along. When you’re lesson planning, you’ll always have a creative rainbow of options at your fingertips, many linked to blog posts and free resources by QR code.
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Tired of fearing MLA? No doubt it’s exhausting to teach all those nit picky details. This curriculum set takes the strain out of it with colorful and clear posters, bookmarks for easy reference, and project options that get kids involved in making their own mini-guides for their favorite sources.
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Help your students invest in the form and quality of their own education with the Ted-Inspired “Ed Talks” project. In this PBL unit, your students will research modern trends in progressive education and then present their own ideas for new courses, curriculum initiatives, programs, or departments at your school.
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Watch your students fall in love with reading as you implement this full choice reading program. Find out what books to include in your library, how to get them, how to organize them, how to check in with readers so you don’t feel like the book police, and how to encourage reading with fun methods like contests and games.
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Engage, inspire, and empower your students with this student blogging project. When students write on subjects they are truly passionate about, everything changes. With this print-and-go curriculum, you can walk them through setting up a blogger blog and writing a variety of different types of posts, then launch them to begin mixing and matching the types of content as they grow confident in sharing their writing with the world.
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