Topic: Kristine Mraz

The empathy you model sends a powerful message about how we treat each other in the world.

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One of the biggest balancing acts of teaching is finding ways to be flexible. Here are some tips to help you.

How Do We Teach Social Skills in the K 5 Classroom

Social skills have to be learned, not just enforced. Try one (or all) of these suggestions.

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A strong sense of child development, a good curriculum, and careful kid watching are the tools any teacher can develop to tap into responsive and flexible teaching.

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Practical resources to help you start the year off creating genuine connection and deepening learning in your classroom, from day one.

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This fall, invite a Heinemann virtual consulting author to your school to meet your PD goals.

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Kristi and David discuss the complex infrastructure of learning, and how to make nuanced instructional decisions.

Keeping Play Purposeful During a Pandemic

How can we hold tight to the fundamental aspects of children's play during a pandemic? Learn how in this blog post from the authors of Purposeful Play.

Flex Thinking Core Beliefs

By cultivating flexible thinking and revisiting our core beliefs, we can reflect on and plan for how we teach in virtual, distanced, and blended spaces.

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If someone tells you teaching is easy, they probably don't really know teaching.

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Think about aligning beliefs and practices not within the classroom, but in your personal life.

How can we actively and intentionally involve students in the chart-making process so charts become an integral part of instruction? Let’s take a look at one way to involve students through the use of interactive writing.

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Welcome back to the PLC Series for the 2018-19 school year!

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Turn & Talk conversations will be published on the Heinemann blog throughout Heinemann’s fortieth year, enabling our readers to immerse themselves in the most critical topics in education around the world from the perspectives of two deeply respected authors with very different backgrounds.

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It is our responsibility to create classrooms where students can learn skills beyond the rote, that extend to their very ways of interacting with, and perhaps changing, the world. The beliefs that inform your teaching make all the difference.

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Back-to-school is the perfect time to try new time-management strategies like these. Test them out to see what works, and what doesn't.

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At the start of a new school year, it is important to take clear and intentional actions that put kids first from day one. Below are four simple and fun activities that build community, encourage engagement, and value student voices.

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This week on the Heinemann Podcast, we're excited to bring you the final of three special minisodes to invite you all into the conversations of the Heinemann Summer Book Study, hosted in the Heinemann PD Teaching and Learning Facebook Group.