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5 Activities for Early Finishers in Social Studies Class

Thrive in Grade Five

Ummm, no, that’s just asking for classroom management nightmares. If students leaving to go to the library or logging into computers drives you nuts, just have books or printouts already available for them. What should you do with them? Let them hang out and talk? This was such a treat for him!

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

Jami Rhue thought her first stint as a school librarian would be a quick detour in her career as a classroom teacher. But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. So it was back to the bookshelves for her.

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19 Ideas for Setting Up Your Social Studies Classroom

Let's Cultivate Greatness

Students have the thinking; they just need a word bank! Critical Thinking Skills – Use your wall to support additional skills you develop over the year. These Critical Thinking Skills Poster kit work for any social studies classroom. without wasting a single second of class time.