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  • [Lesson Plan] Pi Day Activities for Upper-Elementary and Middle School Students

    [Lesson Plan] Pi Day Activities for Upper-Elementary and Middle School Students

    Circumference, diameter, radius, apple, cherry, rhubarb?! "Pi Day" is celebrated annually on March 14th (Get it - 3.14?!) and we're here to help you celebrate! According to piday.org,...

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  • Teaching Visual Learners in Special Education

    Teaching Visual Learners in Special Education

    According to Neil Fleming's popular "VARK" model of learning types/styles, there are 4 main learning styles - including visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic. Other models...

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  • [Lesson Plan] Menu Math for Grades 3-6

    [Lesson Plan] Menu Math for Grades 3-6

    Real-world-application learning is where learning takes real flight! We're so proud when our students master a concept, but even more proud when they can apply it to their everyday lives....

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  • [Lesson Plan] Celebrate the Chinese New Year 2024!

    [Lesson Plan] Celebrate the Chinese New Year 2024!

    Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, has been celebrated for thousands of years. It is one of the most important holidays widely celebrated in many Asian countries and...

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  • [Free Holiday Printables] You've Been SOCKED!

    [Free Holiday Printables] You've Been SOCKED!

    While everyone has different holiday traditions and celebrates this time of year in different ways - we can all agree that spreading kindness and joy is one of the best! We've put...

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  • [Lesson Plan] How to Write a Research Paper: The Writing Process

    [Lesson Plan] How to Write a Research Paper: The Writing Process

    We ask Google, we ask Alexa, we ask Siri...but what questions and answers do we need to find, ourselves? The skill of writing a research paper doesn't just develop writing skills or...

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  • [Lesson Plan] How to Write a Research Paper: The Research Process

    [Lesson Plan] How to Write a Research Paper: The Research Process

    Research-writing has changed a lot over the years, and with the prominence of artificial intelligence, those changes are only going to continue. As students learn the important skill of...

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  • [Lesson Plan] Artificial Intelligence for the Writing Classroom

    [Lesson Plan] Artificial Intelligence for the Writing Classroom

    There are so many questions when it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it will affect humankind in the future. At its best, it can help us learn and understand even more about...

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  • [Downloads] Classroom Coloring Activities for Fall Holidays

    [Downloads] Classroom Coloring Activities for Fall Holidays

    When the season of fall arrives, you're celebrating being done with the first few weeks of the school year, and outside the colors of the environment are changing. What better way to...

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  • Got CTE Funding? We've got Resources.

    Got CTE Funding? We've got Resources.

    Trying to figure out how to best spend your Career & Technical Education funding - or use other funding for career & technical education programs? Let's take a look at some options.

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  • Printable Sensory Paths for Elementary Education

    Printable Sensory Paths for Elementary Education

    Sensory paths are not only fun for elementary education because they help get the wiggles out, but they help with learning too! At VariQuest®, we feel passionately about visual and...

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  • [Lesson Plan] Building Community With Kindness

    [Lesson Plan] Building Community With Kindness

    In the 1960s, The Beach Boys scored a hit with the song, Be True to Your School about being proud of the school you go to and defending it to others. Are you proud of the school you...

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  • [Download] Engage Every Learner® Content Fall 2023 Expansion Pack

    [Download] Engage Every Learner® Content Fall 2023 Expansion Pack

    We're deep into the back-to-school season, which means you're making your plans for the year - and as we do every spring and fall, we're bringing you a brand new expansion pack for your...

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  • [Printable] My Logins and References Notebook Inserts

    [Printable] My Logins and References Notebook Inserts

    In this midst of the back-to-school shopping season, teachers, parents, and students alike are purchasing tools they will need to be successful in the coming school year. And using...

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  • Writing Prompts for Students: Using ChatGPT

    Writing Prompts for Students: Using ChatGPT

    You can't escape reading about Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancements and how they are changing the world every day. From self-driving cars to robotics to digital assistants and...

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  • [Download] Writing With Caution Classroom Poster and Activities

    [Download] Writing With Caution Classroom Poster and Activities

    THERE (not their, or they're) is no way around it - homophones are tricky...and the English language is full of them!

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  • [Printable] Don't Keep it Bottled Up Compliment Cards

    [Printable] Don't Keep it Bottled Up Compliment Cards

    What does a compliment cost? Nothing! When you give someone a compliment, not only are you making them feel better, you get a little happiness boost from the good deed as well. Teaching...

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  • Benefits of Visualization Tools in Learning

    Benefits of Visualization Tools in Learning

    Through the use of various digital tools that promote the process of visual learning, teachers are changing the way knowledge is conveyed to students. This type of learning makes the...

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  • [Printables] When I Feel Upset I Can...

    [Printables] When I Feel Upset I Can...

    When big feelings take over, it's tough to take a step back before exerting an emotional response to a perceived issue. As students learn and grow in their social-emotional development,...

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  • Adult Transition Program (ATP) Builds Life Skills

    Adult Transition Program (ATP) Builds Life Skills

    As educators, we know one of the more challenging times in a secondary-aged student's life can be preparing for adulthood after high school. This can be especially true for students with...

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