Starting from the bubbly to the boldest of reds, here are some of our favorite varieties and brands:
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Do you have a space in your classroom for your students that is just for them? We like to give our students some agency over what is displayed. That is why we love a reading graffiti wall.
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We are dedicated readers here at The Teaching Distillery. During summer vacation, we can take full advantage of reading to our hearts’ content. We are currently rocking right into our fourth week of teaching for the school year, and now that we are back into the swing of things it’s time to reflect on Katy’s summer reading.
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Analyzing short stories in class has so many benefits and covers a plethora of Common Core State Standards to boot. There are really no downsides to adding highly engaging and high quality short stories into your curriculum. Not only do they support literary response and analysis practice, they also help students learn how to analyze a short story in an essay format, both of which are highly tested skills on state exams. Aside from state testing and common core state standards, analyzing short stories is just good teaching. If you are searching for some highly engaging, crowd pleasing stories that won’t make you drop dead from boredom, look no further, teacher friends! The Teaching Distillery has got you covered.
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If you find yourself in need of some new workout clothes, look no further. Below we have listed our favorite splurges and steals, their pros and cons, and links to where you can find them.
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You must be wondering how you’re going to organize all those new books now that you have them! Before delving deep into a Pinterest spiral, let us help you by sharing our tried and true method for organizing our classroom libraries.
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Not all essential oils are created equal. When shopping for essential oils, try to steer clear of the ones found in aisles of big box stores or Amazon. Instead, look for oils with real concentrated plant extracts in them and very little else. If they are organic, even better. If you don’t want to go on a deep dive through the Google rabbit hole of essential oil shopping, we have done the leg work for you. Below is a list of some of our favorite essential oils, essential oil blends, and brands.
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Read on to learn about our healthy, go-to snacks, that get us through the work day.
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Creating classroom rules is always a personal choice among teachers. Some teachers like their classroom rules to be designed by students. Other teachers like rules to be about classroom procedures and standards of behavior. Here are a list of ideas for you to consider:
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Here at The Teaching Distillery, we have a few tricks up our sleeves to get your empty book shelves filled in no time.
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As teachers, we have to tote so much between work and home. We here at The Teaching Distillery have gone through many a totes over the years, let us tell you! We have found that the cheaper the tote, the faster it falls apart. So, it is worth inventing a bit more moola to get a bag that can withstand it all. Here are a few of our favorite carry it all bags for work:
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We here at TTD are huge fans of staying organized throughout the school year. We have definitely gone through our fair share of teacher planner brands and styles throughout the years. We think we have finally found one that we feel is pretty darn close to perfect. We have all the heart eyes for the Ban.do brand large 17-month planners.
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