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On The Blog

End of the Year Activities to Keep Students Engaged
Wondering how to keep students engaged right up to the last day of school? These end of the year activities are sure to be a hit!

Create a Game Plan for Next Year’s Writing Block
It’s time to make a plan to build a writing block that reaches ALL writers, no time-consuming lessons or complicated strategies necessary!

3 Free Fraction Games For Easy Review
Here are three easy fraction games you can use in your classroom with my best tips for implementation and differentiation.

Beginner’s Guide to Setting Up Math Centers
This blog post has everything you need to know to get started with math centers in your upper elementary classroom!
“I am so grateful for this curriculum! I am sitting right now in a quiet classroom, with kiddos that are writing so hard and working on finishing their narratives. I always dreamed my writing class would look like this, but it has never become reality until this year. I can already see so much growth in my students! Thank you!!”
-Addie B.
Meet April
April Smith is the CEO and Founder of Performing in Education. April founded this website in 2011 to share ideas about project-based learning and other authentic lessons in the elementary classroom. She wrote a book titled Project-Based Learning Made Simple in 2017, which has been used in over 10,000 classrooms across the globe! When she noticed that teachers were struggling with writing instruction, she created her own program called Simplify Writing that is being used by over 5,000 teachers.

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