Grab this 30-day gratitude challenge to promote wellbeing and social emotional learning (SEL) in your space! This printable includes 5 different daily tasks, but feel free to switch them up as you see fit! Instructional Strategies: Use these with families to strengthen emotional connections. Add these activities to morning routines to start the day out right. Encourage students to complete challenges outside of the classroom to encourage learning and development. Use the activities as prompts for journal writing, helping kids explore their thoughts and feelings. Encourage habit building by incorporating this daily for a whole month.

Whether you’re redesigning your classroom for back-to-school or throughout the school year, use this decoration to help inspire all students to make their stamp on the world. From Cesar Chavez to Thomas Edison, students can see their interests and cultures represented in your space. You have the freedom to arrange this decoration in a way that works for you and your space. There is even a stamp that you can add your school logo to as an opportunity to challenge your students to achieve greatness!

Ready to co-plan instruction or take your planning to the next level? Use this co-planning agenda template. The agenda walks you through all components of instructional planning from reflection to implementation. It even includes a small group planning and conferring schedule template to help you meet the needs of all students. As an added bonus, you’ll receive a Guided Group Reflection for Language checklist that ensures your co-planning team has thought through all aspects of instruction and scaffolds for multilingual learners and/or learners needing additional language supports.

Include all languages and cultures in your classroom this year! Use this multilingual poster to encourage and inspire students, regardless of their background. This download has an English, Spanish, Hmong, and Mandarin Chinese version. Instructional Strategies: Whether as a full class or in small groups, make it a habit to recite the mantra from this poster before you start your day. This gives students the power and fuel they need to start their learning off right. Use this poster as a starting point for a classroom contract. Ask all students to sign their name as promise to themselves and the class to always “be somebody”.

This comprehensive guide provides all the resources you need to use the reciprocal teaching method for small groups, interventions, etc. Reciprocal teaching is one of the most effective methods for supporting reading comprehension, with an effect size of .74 according to Hattie’s metanalysis. This means (when done well) it has the ability to produce two years of reading growth in one year’s time! This resource includes: Teacher’s Guide Fidelity Check Student “Instructor” Rotation Guide Discussion Guide Task Cards Guided Independent Note-taking Sheet