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Wrap Up the School Year With a Strong Finish

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As the end of the school year approaches, children and teachers are “on the countdown" to the last day of school. By June, many students are looking forward to summer and three months free of lessons and tests. Using the activities and lesson plans in this collection will help you celebrate what you’ve learned together this year.

Reading & Writing

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Teaching Writing
Your approach to writing instruction can be as varied as the students you have in your class. Our teacher advisors have found the ideas in this collection invaluable to their writing instruction.

Classroom Management

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Differentiated Literacy Centers
Margo Southall's sample of research-based activities enables teachers to match independent practice with students' needs in reading and writing and a workable framework to make setting up centers and tracking student progress simple.

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 March / April 2008

Middle School Confidential
Are your students ready to take the plunge? What you can do to help ease them through this difficult transition.

Second Grade Again?
It’s the time of year when you have to decide whether or not to advance struggling kids. When social promotion or retention is the question, there’s no easy answer.

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

Working on the Details

“We are now quickly approaching the end of our school year and I am focusing more on the details; whether it's in our writing, telling stories, or drawing pictures.”

– Jill White, Grade 1, Tennessee
 Go Inside All Our Teacher Advisors' Classrooms
Read their weekly journals and view photos from their classrooms to get timely teaching ideas for your grade level.
 

Winning Ideas

Top 5 Ideas to "Go Green"
  1. Water Conservation Unit
    (Susan Delago, Spring Creek Elementary School, Florida)
  2. A School-Wide Initiative
    (Katherine Mundorf, Cathedral Elementary School, North Carolina)
  3. Start a Recycling Program
    (Charlene Endicott, Flemingsburg Elementary School, Kentucky)
  4. Students Solve the Plastic Problem
    (Kara Fucci, Franklin Elementary School, Massachusetts)
  5. Raise Monarch Butterflies
    (Sarah Mulhern, Pine Brook Elementary School, New Jersey)

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