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Create a sub plan so that you are good to go in the event of needing a substitute teacher as an art teacher or music teacher can make your life easier. There are many tips on putting together a sub plan and here are a few to get your started.

Welcome to 31 Days of Homemade Music! Today we will be continuing to make a case for why anyone can benefit from studying music. To find other posts in this series, click here. Ever wondered if music is just as effective a brain developer as, say, math or science? If you remember my post from […]

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From absquatulate to vituperative, via Word Warriors.

In 2010, illustrator Alex Noriega was having some problems at work and so he started a blog as a way to figure out where he was going wrong. "I wanted to put on paper all that I had learned in life as simple as possible and try to see if what was happening around me made any sense," he says. Although it didn't help him to make sense of anything, it did however lead to this beautiful series of illustrations.

A simple worldbuilding worksheet to help you create a magic system for your story world - worldbuilding questions for the people, the mechanics & the world.

Teachers like starting the school year feeling well-prepared and confident. Read about 5 Strategies for a Solid Start to Your School Year

English is an expansive language, anyone who has seen the size of an unabridged English dictionary can tell you that. It's also a language that's ever changing and evolving, so of course there are some words that fall out of favor and are hardly ever used, but maybe it's time to bring some of them back!

Writing Worksheet – Reconnect with your Story (PDF) Your harddrive is littered with languishing stories; I know it is! You believed in those stories in the beginning and built them up word by word, suffering when you had to run errands or go to work or even sleep. What happened? Don’t doubt that starting spark.…

If you want writing to become a tangible act, practice it with consistency. Consistency does not mean volume – there’s no need to start with a 400...

Social media marketing is the most effective way of branding your business. With millions of users active on these platforms on a daily basis, it is the best place to reach the potential customers.

Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker are three of the best – and most obsessed-over – songwriters today. Ahead of a debut album together, they explain why they go to group therapy

Because we all need a way to say "early morning twilight."

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The setting of a story performs the vital task of transporting the reader into the story. Download this worksheet (PDF) Story Settings The questions in this 2-page story setting worksheet can help you hone in on the details of your character’s environment. Does the scene take place indoors or out? Is the space light or…

Past, present, and future.

Today I wanted to stop by and share some strategies for teaching vowel teams and diphthongs in our classroom! It’s always challenging to teach spelling patterns that aren’t easily decodable! […]

How to write a book in 30 days? Is it really impossible? A feat on par with slaying a dragon? Maybe so, but writers engage in this adventure every single year

Teach your child to recognize and read consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ with a digraph garden!

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It's all about spotting the context clues in this worksheet!

Writers Write is your one-stop resource for writers. Use these 5 plotting moments that matter to start outlining your book.

When I first started teaching there was only one word to describe the start of class – chaos.I remember standing in front of my class as the bell rang wondering how on earth I was going to get their attention.With half the class talking, 5 kids walking around the room, and 2 more coming in late, it