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New Teacher: Everything You Need
Quick tips and ideas, checklists, and unit and lesson plans that will help new teachers excel
Fifteen Ways to Vary Instruction
Grades: 6–8
Changing up routines and introducing different types of lesson activities has a way of invigorating the classroom. These ideas will spark your lessons and really connect with students.
Scholastic Reading Club's New SpotLit Collection
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Scholastic Reading Club's SpotLit Collection features 50 books for each grade that have been hand-selected by expert teachers, librarians, and book professionals.
New Teacher Resources
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
Check out these great flip charts, idea books, lessons, collections, and more in The Teacher Store.
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Book Resources Fit to Print: Use This Handy Seating ChartGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 A seating chart to start your school year. |
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 Articles, Book Resources The New Teacher's Crash CourseGrades: 6–8 Preparing your middle school classroom for the arrival of your students is probably high on the list of your priorities. Here are some teacher-... |
 Book Resources How to Make an Old Classroom New AgainGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 As a new teacher, a big challenge will be setting up your new classroom and making it your own. |
 Articles Time Management Tip: Outsmart the ClutterGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Reduce classroom clutter to save valuable instructional time lost scrambling to find small items like math manipulatives, glue sticks, and extra... |
 Articles "Been There, Done That" Tips & Ideas: Making the Most of Summer Prep and PlanningGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Discover how other new teachers have managed to get all the essentials done before the bell. |
 Articles The New Teacher's Guide to Creating Lesson PlansGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Prepare yourself for the avalanche of lesson planning with these targeted tips. |
Articles Long-Range Planning Made EasyGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 A five-step plan to navigate your way through curriculum development for the whole year |
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Articles How to Plan a Unit of StudyGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Strategies for "big-picture" unit planning |
 Articles Classroom Jobs for All Your Student HelpersGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Involving students in classroom care and cleanup teaches responsibility and cuts down on your workload. |
 Articles Tips and Tricks to Supersize Your Small ClassroomGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 "Big" ideas on making the most of a little space. |
Book Resources How to Teach More in Less TimeGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Savvy teachers often integrate instruction to cover more content in less time. Here's how they do it, and why it's a powerful way to teach. |
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Articles, Book Resources Creating a Great First Impression (Grades 6-8)Grades: 6–8 How to establish and apply student expectations from the beginning, how to get to know each other, and how to do it all in a professional manner... |
Fit-to-Print: Getting-to-Know-You Reproducible ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Hands-on icebreaker activities for the first day, or first week, of school. Use these printables to get to know your students, and to help them... |
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Articles Time Management Tip: Make the Most of Small Blocks of TimeGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Have 10 minutes to spare? Put a dent in your workload by completing one (or more) of these 15 tasks. |
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