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Kick off the 2023 New Year with Daily Mindfulness Warm-Ups / Journal: Daily Practices, Writing Prompts, and Reflections for Living in the Present Moment. This is an ideal way to move into 2023! January 2023 Daily Mindfulness Warm-Ups / Journal Help students reduce stress, navigate bullying, REDUCE stress and ANXIETY AND LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. It's easy to feel worried when surrounded by negativity and headlines full of bad news. With The Mindfulness Journal, students build stress-reducing habits that help them appreciate every single day. UNIQUE, ACTIONABLE PROMPTS : The Mindfulness Journal gives students the opportunity to immerse in each topic. Prompts are engaging and will help students gain an appreciation of the world around them. 41 mindfulness activities for grades 5 through 12 can be guided or students may use them on their own. Recharge your students for 2023! Life can be overwhelming, and many students today are on stress overload. So much to do, so much informa...

What happens when reading comprehension and fluency are slow to come to older students? What happens when frustration and struggling lead to students who shut down or act out? How do we help student learn to read and comprehend fluently, and exactly  how does a student learn to comprehend a textbook, novel or reading passage? Research has revealed much about what goes on in minds when readers comprehend oral and written text and how instruction and other experiences can affect that development. First,  fostering reading comprehension development across and entire group of students  requires a multifaceted approach. Scientific research indicates many individual instructional practices and combinations of practices that foster reading comprehension development.  Developing foundational word-reading skills—phonological awareness, phonics, and word recognition instruction is critical to developing reading comprehension - especially for older struggling readers; however,...