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End your lesson too early? Students falling asleep End your lesson too early? Students falling asleep? Listening to the text you are about to teach on the way to work? Then you need a Socratic soccer ball in your life! 😅⚽️ Want a list of question stems plus directions on how to play? Comment “soccer” and I’ll toss the freebie over! 😘
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It all adds up! 📈 Get the free list of attendance It all adds up! 📈 Get the free list of attendance by answering today’s question! Which book settings do you gravitate to the most? Real worlds or fictional worlds? 🤗
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Instead of just taking attendance, what if you bui Instead of just taking attendance, what if you built relationships AND a book culture? 😍 📚 Comment “attendance” to get this freebie full of bookish attendance questions! 🙌
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