Created for Learning: October 2016

All the Instagram links we posted in our Instagram channel for Created for Learning's educational resources, videos, and all the rest. Follow us @createdforlearning

This is our ongoing list of all the Instagram links we posted in our Instagram channel for Created for Learning's educational resources, videos, and all the rest. Follow us @createdforlearning

More than 4,000 teachers are enjoying our "tuff" novel unit to teach THE OUTSIDERS. Save prep time w/ our print/digital combo unit. Creation, organization, curriculum mapping ... all done for you. All you have to add is your unique teaching genius, and your learners will love this novel unit. http://bit.ly/2wjh6jH

What does the TV show THE VOICE have to teach us about teaching and classroom testing? http://bit.ly/2gVH2Nh

More than 4,600 teachers are enjoying our novel unit to teach THE GIVER. Save prep time w/ our print/digital combo unit. Creation, organization, curriculum mapping ... all done for you. All you have to add is your unique teaching genius, and your learners will love this novel unit. http://bit.ly/2vGhTZm

We teachers could all use that one tip that will help us streamline everything. http://bit.ly/2eQvINW

Here's your chance to encourage fellow teachers ... Tell a teacher the uplifting word they need to hear today. >>> http://bit.ly/2x5PpbL

What if a teacher's role today has moved from teaching students to learn "what," to teaching them "how" to think? http://bit.ly/2xf6Fia #growthmindset #alwaysgrowing

Think about your students right now ... what is something huge that you imagine one of them will do in their life? >>> http://bit.ly/2vFxetW

My handouts were wilting over and falling all over the place and totally unreadable until I got these plastic sheets to weight them down. Besides the blue shading to them, I'm super stoked on how it all turned out! http://amzn.to/2evC9py

What's a healthy empowering trick you have to start your week off right? >>> http://bit.ly/2wUMhiG

Lauralee from @ELAclassroom has made it easy to get started with our speech units. She's put together a fun intro activity that engages learners in writing a radio commercial for a nonprofit organization. It allows learners to ease into the speech journey by writing their speech without having to act it out yet. What a good idea! http://bit.ly/2vbBm3Z

13 Secrets for Effective Communication in the Classroom #13 - We won’t make stuff up (a.k.a. When Teachers Lie). http://bit.ly/2vQOlf6

The first step is a decision. And you're the only one who can make it for you. http://bit.ly/2xflvoT

65 days of affirming each other can change your life. 》》》 http://bit.ly/2wSVN63

Dare kids to shut off their Biggest Distraction & focus on their work for 28 days!!! My first student finished the dare today...reports in...homework finished WAAAAYYYY faster...Fun still had.

http://bit.ly/2eTdIDb

Should Students Use Wikipedia? ...cue...opening can of worms... http://bit.ly/2vQ8l1b

What is something you do as a teacher that you wished people noticed and cheered you on for? >>> http://bit.ly/2vWxp7o

Sometimes we teachers want to make a difference, but we feel like we're down at the bottom without any influence. Let's talk about how we can lead both upward and outward. http://bit.ly/2xgbisj

What do you do when your learners choose not to write their names on their work. Get the FREE poster here! http://bit.ly/2eSLeJM

What if we primed our learners with positive identity statements all year long? http://bit.ly/2wfOU1b #growthmindset #priming #statetesting

Teacher Q&A - Grading Essays 10x Faster. Join us as we answer questions about how to actually make the jump and do this. http://bit.ly/2wQuI3F

What would it look like if you worked at work and ONLY at work? Sound too good to be true? It doesn't have to be. >>> http://bit.ly/2vIT6am

Some people say, “I can’t believe how well you did on that!” Good teachers say, “I always knew you were this good, and I’m so glad that people are finally starting to get a taste of how good you’re going to be.” http://bit.ly/2x1silT #growthmindset #priming #statetesting

Going into the future as teachers, our job is not to teach students WHAT to think, but to teach them HOW to think. http://bit.ly/2x2KbRn #GrowthMindset

Not only has Jackie from @Room213TpT given us some excellent writing prompts, but she's given our learners ways to analyze their writing afterward. 40 different writing prompts! That works out to about one every week for the school year. And the graphics and design are fun too. http://bit.ly/2vbpoaq

What's your strategy for grading tests, quizzes, or assessments? Do you lean a certain way on using scantrons? A part of me really loved scanning these with my webcam that inputted straight into my gradebook. http://bit.ly/2vFKQED

How teacher street cred can help with classroom management >>> http://bit.ly/2vGaX1r #teacherproblems #teacherprobs

Can Students Actually Get Smarter? http://bit.ly/2vjKQLl

Our students are always going to meet new questions in the future, and we’re not going to be there to answer them. We want to teach them how to think so they’ll be prepared to answer questions we haven’t asked yet. http://bit.ly/2xwgN3F #GrowthMindset

169 pages/slides of resources that engage our students into Ponyboy's world in THE OUTSIDERS! http://bit.ly/2eSm1Pt

How to always get the most important things done every day >>> http://bit.ly/2vIpUkl

Are you ready for the big step to Decide to Leave on Time? http://bit.ly/2wgLtqZ

Use the Element of Surprise and FOMO to Help Your Classroom Management >>> http://bit.ly/2vCBTPk

Creative Writing students getting their creative mojo on to design anonymous postcards with secrets artistically rendered on them like at... www.PostSecret.com http://bit.ly/2ewqQh0

What the Ditto is a Worksheet? Can you use worksheets & still be a good teacher? >>> http://bit.ly/2udOcOI

Are you ready to Decide to Not Take Papers Home? http://bit.ly/2x2L9wT

When Teachers SHOULD NOT Grade Student Grammar in Essays >>> http://bit.ly/2ue2Oxk

Top Ten Young Adult Novels to Teach (Episode 41) http://bit.ly/2vCoVBg

You know what’s more fun than talking around the photocopier? Going home without ANY papers to grade. http://bit.ly/2wglHmQ

I love my book signout list. How do you organize students signing out from your library? http://bit.ly/2vG33Sy

It was so great to meet R.J. Palacio at her book reading. She is an amazing person! & she signed our novel study! http://bit.ly/2xyfYaJ

Kristy over @2PeasAndADog has made is super easy to integrate quality articles into your ELA classroom. She's even got a yearlong plan to help us implement them each week. Everything is differentiated too for your various learning levels. http://bit.ly/2vblyy1

You can keep feeling like Mondays suck or you can join this conversation. >>> http://bit.ly/2uh1PfK

Do these pencils rile you up? Let's talk about why boys love them. http://bit.ly/2x2wEsS #tinypencils

Me dressed all #Greaser for our #middleschoolenglish study of the #Outsiders. Have you ever dressed up to teach a novel? What did you wear? http://bit.ly/OutsidersUnitDigiprint

Teacher Darlene Anne sent us photos of students using our resources for THE OUTSIDERS. We love seeing students learning!
What photos do you have of our resources in action? 👉 Link to resource 📲 >>> http://bit.ly/outsidersplot

Surviving and Thriving at Back to School Night - 8 teachers blog about their tips and tricks for slick and sane Back to School Night experiences with parents http://bit.ly/2vOlsz8

What's your plan to survive those teacher months when you don't get a paycheck? http://bit.ly/2wmFrTY

What Novel Unit Resources Are the Best Fit for Your Classroom? Let's dive deep into the details of a good novel unit. http://bit.ly/2wG6wRb

What do you do to hand back papers efficiently and protect student privacy? >>> http://bit.ly/2vFeEnW

What's a stereotype about teachers that you wish people would stop saying? >>> http://bit.ly/2vBi0Zv

Sick Days, Mental Health Days, and Making Life Easier http://bit.ly/2wjpI89

The simple question is: How do you make sure you only do the things you want to do? >>> http://bit.ly/2ugDO8T

Need Teaching Inspiration? Want to learn how to NEVER bring papers home again? Maybe you need to check out our YouTube community. http://bit.ly/2vcEcIn

Teachers are finding freedom. Are you? Join the conversations. http://bit.ly/2vcxH8q

Bonnie from @PrestoPlans has created such a useful resource to help start the classroom day. Here, she's offering two free weeks of bell ringers on engaging and modern topics. I just love the creativity Bonnie brings into the classroom with grammar, vocabulary, words of wisdom, videos, and figurative language. Go check them out >>> http://bit.ly/2v2qxB9

You know you want to grade essays 10x faster. Or maybe you like spending your weekends grading ... http://bit.ly/2vFeyN6

The First Person Teachers Should Help Each Day ... it's not who you think http://bit.ly/2vCxLiw

What is something you tend to do instead of resting on weekends and holidays? >>> http://bit.ly/2vCIppi

How can we teachers still be excellent while holding firm boundaries between work & rest? >>> http://bit.ly/2vETzdk

What gets you excited to get up in the morning and go teach? >>> http://bit.ly/2vCm23s

Lesson planning takes a long time. So can developing lesson resources. Explore the secrets to how Teachers Pay Teachers can save you time. >>> http://bit.ly/2vEMI3p

We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slide PowerPoint will help you introduce how every many you need to teach your level of learners. http://bit.ly/2uh6BtJ

Help build all us teachers up. What's your favorite part about the new teaching week? >>> http://bit.ly/2wjHxE4

What's the best way to teach students to quit? Because all the most successful people in the world are quitters at all the right things. How can we teach our learners how to quit well? >>> http://bit.ly/2vbThdj

Stop calling them "rough drafts." Then what do we call them?! >>> http://bit.ly/2ugEkUd

What Are Our Students Afraid Of? And how does that help us avoid unintentionally hurting them? http://bit.ly/2wjFXC5

What is the "actual difference" you're hoping to make with your learners? >>> http://bit.ly/2udIix1

Teachers, get smart with your long-term savings. Your money won't plan itself. >>> http://bit.ly/2vFkBRJ

It can be daunting getting started in your classroom. Tag a teacher who could use these 24 Tips for New Teachers that Other Teachers Might Not Tell You >>> http://bit.ly/2vFln1g

How To-Do Lists are the secret weapon in the battle to save time in our planning day. >>> http://bit.ly/2wmoWqY

Here's your chance to encourage fellow teachers ... Tell a teacher the uplifting word they need to hear today. >>> http://bit.ly/2udIix1

Finally got around to hanging this guy from our garage ceiling so when we're parking the van, we know when to stop by we don't crash into stuff. So of course, I made him a Grammar Ninja! http://bit.ly/c4lgrammarninja

Ninjas want to slash their way to making your grammar instruction so much more fun. Seriously, yours is boring, isn't it? Engaging + effective = awesomesauce! http://bit.ly/2uhk5po

Rethink Your Commute for Peace & Efficiency. What's your plan to use your driving time to make your life better? >>> http://bit.ly/2v974kx

Think about your students right now ... what is something huge that you imagine one of them will do in their life? >>> http://bit.ly/2vCmcI6

How to break tasks up into similar chunks to save tons of work time. >>> http://bit.ly/2vcfFDh

7 Ways Grammar Ninjas Are Better than Boring Grammar >>> http://bit.ly/2v9l4ek

How do you survive embarrassing teacher moments in front of students? >>> http://bit.ly/2wlMGeT

Tired of your students asking you all the questions? What if you've unintentionally set it up that way? >>> http://bit.ly/2uhpBbI

What's a healthy empowering trick you have to start your week off right? >>> http://bit.ly/2v9xliS

13 Secrets for Effective Communication in the Classroom #13 - We won’t make stuff up (a.k.a. When Teachers Lie). >>> http://bit.ly/2udnzJA

Should Students Use Wikipedia? ...cue...opening can of worms... >>> http://bit.ly/2wkaxeH

365 days of affirming each other can change your life http://bit.ly/2uhgFD4

24 Tips for New Teachers that Other Teachers Might Not Tell You >>> http://bit.ly/2vFln1g

Teacher Q&A - How do you actually Grade Essays 10x Faster and get your life back? >>> http://bit.ly/2udk6dZ

What is something your fellow teachers do that they wished people noticed? >>> http://bit.ly/2udSw0j

What would it look like if you worked at work and ONLY at work? Sound too good to be true? It doesn't have to be. >>> http://bit.ly/2ugGnrD

How teacher street cred can help with classroom management >>> http://bit.ly/2wmeFes

What Novel Unit Resources Are the Best Fit for Your Classroom? Let's dive deep into the details of a good novel unit. >>> http://bit.ly/2wjz9EE

Can Students Actually Get Smarter? >>> http://bit.ly/2vCjmTs

What's a stereotype about teachers that you wish people would stop saying? >>> http://bit.ly/2vCzjsK

How to always get the most important things done every day >>> http://bit.ly/2ugN5gY

Teaching Number the Stars this year? We've just finished our complete digital unit for your 1:1 learners and 21st century classrooms. Our Combination Teaching Package has 347+ pages and slides of engaging activities (170+ print and 177+ digital Google Drive). Learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity in these standards-aligned resources built from best practices. Save all that prep time by grabbing this unit now >>> http://bit.ly/NumberStarsComboUTMInsta

Traveling with kids can be tough. In this episode, we break down some tips for national or international travel with kids and how to pack your bags to have the most fun and ease. Check out our tricks, then share yours. We love learning from our community! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZG7ufZBuE

Cause now you can bite your thumb at the paper version and go digital next year. 》》》☆☆☆ bit.ly/romeojulietdigiprint

All our resources you love ... now converted for use with digital 1:1 learning. 》》》☆☆☆ http://bit.ly/OutsidersUnitDigiprint

We love curriculum maps too. That's why you can get them in every one of our novel units. 》》》 What do you like in your curriculum maps and planning calendars? 》》》☆☆☆ http://bit.ly/OutsidersUnitDigiprint

Our Combination Outsiders Unit Teaching Package has 369+ pages and slides of engaging activities (200+ print and 169+ digital Google Drive). Learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity in these standards-aligned resources built from best practices. Our Created for Digital resources take all the trusted, quality instructional tools you know and love and convert them into the digital 1:1 learning format you need for your online learners. 》》》☆☆☆ http://bit.ly/OutsidersUnitDigiprint

The most important truth teachers aren't seeing about rough drafts and the writing process (especially essays). >>> bit.ly/c4lyoutube

Traveling w/ kids overseas can be tough. How do you stay connected with those back at home? We share our tips and tricks. (2nd vid in series) 》》》bit.ly/c4lyoutube

It can be tough not to get embarrassed in front of students, but what if it were possible? What's your trick? 》》》http://createdforlearning.blogspot.com/2016/05/embarrassment.html

Thinking about teaching a new contemporary novel? UNWIND by Neal Shusterman is fast-paced and deep. 》》》bit.ly/unwindunit

Any teachers out there ever feel bad about calling in sick? What about for a "mental health" day? On a Friday? https://goo.gl/EWDyO1

Looking for a teaching unit?!?! We've got your back! Let us save you precious time and sanity!!! :) bit.ly/C4LTpT

Teaching Esperanza Rising in a Spanish classroom? We got your back. Just search "conflictos" in our TpT store. 》》》https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ESPERANZA-RENACE-Conflictos-Organizador-Grafico-6-Tipos-2891246