After The Bell with Create-Abilities

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Jessica is a huge advocate for exceptional students with extra needs and students that come from military families. As a military wife herself, she understands their unique needs and challenges and is working with her community and state to make sure these kids don’t fall through the cracks.

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Math fact fluency is an important part of your math instruction. Greg Coleman from Mr. Elementary Math walks us through the three stages needed to achieve automaticity. He shares some great ideas about understanding which stage your students are in so you can give them the activities they need. He also has a freebie to share!

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Connecting with students has never been more important. Kelly Shrein, Alaska's teacher of the year, talks about the big and small ways she connected with her students even when forced apart.

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The pandemic seems to have brought us more behavioral and mental health challenges with our students. Allie Szczecinski talks about how we can deal with those behavior issues and build SEL during a challenging time.

ALLIE'S WEBSITE: missbehaviorblog.com

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Arizona's Teacher of the Year, Lynette Stant, talks about the importance of building relationships and fostering cultural identity every day inside our classrooms. Lynette also talks about how we can better support our Indigenous students in a way that helps them feel safe, seen, and important.

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Reading comprehension has long been taught using individual, somewhat disconnected, strategies. Dr. Douglas Fisher walks us through why that method isn't improving reading comprehension in our students and what we can try instead.

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Writing can feel like a daunting subject area to teach. However, Megan Polk shows us how incorporating writing and engaging the reluctant writer is easier than you think. Megan talks about using writing centers, writing prompts, and other writing activities to help reach every student in the classroom on their level.

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Dyslexia is a huge issue inside every classroom. Emily Gibbons walks us through how to help students with dyslexia using structured literacy. Emily also talks about the signs and symptoms of dyslexia, as well as what classroom teachers can do to start help those kids right away.

EMILY'S WEBSITE: theliteracynest.com

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We need to prepare our students for the real world, not only through teaching skills like math and reading, but also by empowering their voices. We want our students equipped with the skills and confidence they need to take control of their education. How do we do that? Let's dive in.

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