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April Smith is a literacy coach who helps educators and school leaders implement evidence-based writing instruction. She is a county Teacher of the Year award winner and the author of the book Simplify Your Writing Instruction: A Framework For a Student-Centered Writing Block. April has a special interest in teaching students with dyslexia, and she is dedicated to empowering educators to make writing instruction more effective and accessible for all students.
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2nd Grade Project-Based Learning: Class Pet Project
You and your students will love this second grade project based learning resource! Teach your students math, reading, and writing through this project-based learning activity. It also includes an engineering piece (building a cage). Your students will learn about and apply research skills, writing sentences, collecting data, graphing, and subtracting from 100 during this PBL. It includes a teacher guide walking you through each step. This is such a fun way to get your students involved in choosi
2nd
Basic Operations, Reading, Writing
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2.MD.C.8
, 2.MD.D.10
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April Smith is a literacy coach who helps educators and school leaders implement evidence-based writing instruction. She is a county Teacher of the Year award winner and the author of the book Simplify Your Writing Instruction: A Framework For a Student-Centered Writing Block. April has a special interest in teaching students with dyslexia, and she is dedicated to empowering educators to make writing instruction more effective and accessible for all students.
Teaching style
Different modalities - lots of hands-on activities!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Intermediate Teacher of the Year 2014-2015
My own education history
BA in Liberal Studies CSU Chico
MA in Literacy CSU San Marcos
Additional biographical information
When students are authentically engaged in learning, the entire classroom comes alive. Everyone is excited, interested, and happily immersed in what they’re doing, so much so that they forget they’re learning. Engagement on this level gives rise to a boundless, vibrant energy that should be at the heart of every classroom. Classrooms should be noisy and messy!
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