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Prioritizing sleep is difficult for teachers and students alike. Learn how to model self care habits in this post from M. Colleen Cruz.

Saxon Reading Foundations primarily focuses on teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency while building children’s decoding skills.

What are the different types of play and when do they make sense? Learn from the authors of Purposeful Play about fantasy, rough-and-tumble, constructive, and games with rules.

How do instructional routines in the math classroom build mathematical thinking and reasoning?

Structured dialogue in the classroom centers listening, inquiry, deepens connections, and builds community. This is part one in a three-part series on the importance of dialogue in the classroom.

To Read Stuff You Have to Know Stuff is now available as an audiobook! Listen to the book in author Kelly Gallagher's own voice.

Happy Spring! From March 7-14, use code SPRING25 at checkout for 20% off plus free shipping on all Heinemann professional books. See post for details and suggested books!

Teach students how to handle the struggle and get unstuck with math problems in this minilesson.

Celebrate Women's History Month through exploring themes of rights movements traced across time.

Pay attention to the ways in which children are playing and making meaning.

Do you have students who seem disengaged or difficult to reach even this far into the school year?

Sara Ahmed calls on her friends, who observe and celebrate Ramadan, to share their understanding of this important holiday.

February isn't the only time we should be elevating Black voices in literature. Learn how to incorporate stories of Black joy and triumph all year.

Take care while reading aloud from a perspective other than your own. Here are 6 tips for intentionally navigating texts with an identity different than your own.

What does it mean to be a scribe? How can we empower students to write with their identities? In this book talk, author R Joseph Rodríguez discusses the journey of Youth Scribes with his editor, Louisa Irele.

Hip-hop is more than a genre of music. It is a cultural movement that shapes identity, fosters creativity, and serves as a powerful tool for education.

How do we know which book is the right one? What time is the right time? How do we assess both a reader’s growth and identity? How do we fit it all in?

What does purposeful play mean? Authors Kristi Mraz and Cheryl Tyler describe in this video blog.