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Welcome to our new blog!

Welcome to our new blog!

We are going to be providing timely and helpful information and tips for new as well as more veteran educators. 

Our schedule of blogs for 2018-2019

Month
Topic
August 2018
Teacher Resilience
September 2018
Establishing Classroom Procedures
October 2018
Mindfulness For Teachers
November 2018
High Quality Anchor Charts
January 2019
Culturally Responsive Teaching
February 2019
Mindfulness in the Classroom
March 2019
Fine Motor Skills
April 2019
Emerging Writer’s Workshop

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