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By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Dec 8, 2023 Text Mapping is an excellent strategy to help students understand challenging text. Through this hands-on approach, students learn to mark up text while practicing key…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated March 15, 2024 Ancient Egypt Interactive Notebook Ideas Ancient Civilizations are obviously a passion of mine. Because of this, I thought I would spend this post discussing ways…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 Welcome back to another post in my series on Interactive Notebooks! Today I want to talk all about my favorite novel study of all time…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 04, 2024 Today I am here to share 5 fun ways to teach all about Animal Adaptations. Our Animal Adaptations science unit with my grade 2/3 group…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 Hello my fellow outdoor enthusiasts! Today I have more fun outdoor lessons to share with you! When the snow falls, it is the perfect time…
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is one of my very favorite novels to teach. I sometimes struggle with engaging my struggling middle school boys, and the male protagonist and survival theme really…