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Pedagogy

Engaging Boys in Reading: Overcoming Challenges and Strategies for Success

As educators and parents, we want all our students to develop a love for reading. However, when it ...
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Minimizing Challenging Behaviors: What Would Jesus Do?

Students today face unique pressures, including academic demands and social media influence, leading to heightened anxiety that can ...
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October 31st Is Just around the Corner… BOO!

Halloween is Coming Soon      Every October 31st, Christians around the world wonder if it’s okay for kids ...
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The Role of Music in Education

Let’s face it: we’ve all had a song stuck in our heads before. Sometimes, it stays for days! ...
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Reigniting a Love for Reading

We live in a visually stimulating world – inundated by images from every direction – from our cell ...
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Mastering the Art of Classroom Group Work: Fostering Critical 21st-Century Skills

After sharing that I needed to reteach a small group of students, my teammate said, “I was thinking ...
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Tell Me a Story

It is challenging to be a person with a reading disability. So much of school, and even life, ...
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Setting Achievable Goals

Goals are a part of modern life. We are no longer satisfied with just doing our best. We ...
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Outdoor Education: A Value Add to our Lutheran Schools

Many years ago, my father would take me to what he called set-up for something he called “outdoor ...
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Can You Draw Me a Map?

Does Your Classroom Have a Globe?      Right before Thanksgiving, I talked to fourth graders about the hymn, ...
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