Make a Connection – Growing Minds – Expandable Attire

Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Catch kids’ attention this year with a new take on the importance of growing their minds… Make a connection between growing minds and expandable attire. Host a Shoe Show

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Make a Bi-lingual Piñata to Celebrate/Celebre Cinco de Mayo!

Hats off to teachers, especially those working in Spanish language education… …it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature eye-catching, ear-catching ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, coming soon! Have you noticed as I have that Cinco de Mayo has become

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Barbara Cleary has been serving as a resource to hundreds of educators for more than 25 years. An award-winning writer, producer, teacher, and trainer, Barbara’s focus is on offering easy, fun tools and tricks that support K-5 curricula and assist teachers with classroom management.
Quick tips for common classroom conundrums: K-5
Situation: Students are having trouble writing connecting sentences between the beginning, middle and end of a story.

Solution: Show toy airplanes, pretending to make them "take off" across notebook paper. Explain to the class that stories, like airplanes, require clear "flight paths."

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