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It's Time to Spring Ahead in ELA
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Spring brings a sense of fresh energy, new beginnings, and opportunities to refocus—especially in your ELA classroom. It’s the perfect time to build on the progress you’ve made and inspire students with engaging learning experiences as the school year continues to move forward.
In this month’s newsletter, you’ll find several opportunities to help students go beyond the lesson and encourage deeper thinking and understanding. It's the perfect time to continue cultivating your classroom environment with unique ideas that will help curiosity and progress blossom!
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Teacher Training Resources |
Teacher Talk: Beyond the Lesson
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As the school year progresses, your students have learned a wide range of core concepts. How do we help them go beyond the basics and make deeper connections?
In this month’s Shurley English Teacher Talk, we will continue our deep dive into novelty and explore how it can spark learning beyond the lesson. We’ll show you specific strategies that will encourage your students to explore concepts in fresh, unexpected ways. See how your students can become co-creators of exciting lesson extensions, enhanced learning, and differentiated instruction. It's all about helping students think more deeply, connect ideas, and truly own what they are learning!
Webinar Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 4 p.m. CDT |
Online attendees who are present for the entirety of the LIVE presentation will receive a certificate of participation to use towards professional development hours. Space is limited. |
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Creativity in the Classroom |
It’s not always easy to see how much we’ve grown in one year, especially for a child. Physical growth might be the most noticeable because we can feel it in several ways. For instance, we can tell when our clothes are too big or too small; they don’t fit right. We know when our feet have grown because our shoes are too tight, and our feet hurt. Also, we can tell when our hair has grown when it starts covering our eyes and ears.
Intellectual growth, on the other hand, is much more difficult to notice. Other people, like a parent or teacher, seem to notice this type of growth before the individual realizes it! Everyone enjoys being told how much they’ve grown intellectually, so here’s a way for you to do that in your classroom.
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Writing Toolbox: How to Create a Writing Inspiration Station!
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There’s nothing like the dreaded feeling of sitting at your desk with a blank sheet of writing paper staring back at you. For some students, the process of writing is already a lengthy and sometimes scary journey. I believe it is important to create a writing experience in which students can be inspired and where they will feel comfortable enough to take some writing risks. Let me show you how to create a new writing vibe in your classroom by setting up a Writing Inspiration Station. |
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Micro-comprehension: Sentence Structure Processing
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Students who can recognize how a sentence is organized have a great advantage. They can tell by the word arrangement if a clause is telling something, asking something, commanding something, or exclaiming something. Once students can readily recognize these sentence structures, they have a better foundation for building better sentences. To give students practice with sentence structure processing, let me show you how to reconfigure sentences using the 4-Way Sentence Strategy! |
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