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Planning Ahead for Back-to-School

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Teacher Book Wizard

Level your books and find booktalks to support all your lessons. Create class reading lists using the List Exchange.

Reading & Writing

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Surefire Strategies for Developing Reading Fluency
Learn five methods for teaching students to read aloud expressively and with understanding. The methods involve modeling, repetition, phrased reading, tutoring, and a reader's theater.

Classroom Management

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Great Classroom Management Right from the Start
These teacher-tested Winning Ideas involve techniques you can implement from day one and keep up with throughout the year.

Integrating Technology

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Teaching With Interactive Whiteboards
Interactive whiteboards are large presentation tools that work with a projector and a computer to allow educators to create dynamic lessons. Learn how you can get the most out of this powerful technology.

Scholastic Professional

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Valerie Schiffer Danoff — Easy Ways to Reach & Teach ELL
Read an excerpt from this veteran teacher and ELL specialist's book on how to include ELLs in meaningful instruction and classroom life right from the start.

This Month from Instructor Magazine

Instructor Magazine: Cover: July 2008

A New Generation of Poets
For the ninth year in a row, our Annual Poetry Contest was a huge success!

The Best Kids’ Books of the Year
Here it is: Instructor's Summer Reading List with 40 must-reads!

Educator Journals
Research and Recess
Research and Recess
Scholastic's chief academic officer, Francie Alexander, keeps you updated on research, provides information on new trends, and helps you stay excited about teaching.

What Works for Me

Color at the Eric Carle Museum

“ … a few cool tips I picked up at the Eric Carle Museum. One is paint chips. You know those strips you can get at the paint store? They have them posted so the kids can see the various shades of color. What a cool idea. ”

– Jeremy Brunaccioni, Grade K, Massachusetts
 Go Inside All Our Teacher Advisors' Classrooms
Read weekly journals and view photos from the past year to get teaching ideas for your grade level.
 

Winning Ideas

Top 5 Ideas for Wrapping Up the School Year
  1. T-shirts – Personal & Wearable Memories
    (Susan Julio, Okaloosa Applied Technology Center, FL)
  2. PowerPoint Yearbook of Photographs
    (Rene Masden-Jett, Iroquois Middle School, KY)
  3. Meet & Greet Next Year’s Teacher & Classmates
    (Renee Parker, Selinsgrove Intermediate School, PA)
  4. Wacky Learning Competitions
    (Michelle Smith, Southwest Middle School, NH)
  5. Research Projects & Learning Stations
    (Kelly Brown, Cherryville Elementary School, NC)

Best of the Year

Find inspiration and practical ideas to help you make the best use of class time. See the classroom-proven ideas for each of the topics that were selected as Winning Ideas from our monthly contests in the 2007-2008 school year.

You still can contribute ideas on any of the topics from the past year. Post your ideas and pictures on our Winning Ideas message board.