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Free ResourcesYour Free First-Week Kit: What’s Inside
Your entire first week, done for you — free through August 10. Exactly what’s inside the kit, piece by piece.
Classroom SurvivalWhy Teachers Buying Their Own Supplies Has to Stop
Spending quietly looks like love. But every dollar you cover is one no one else has to. Be generous and still make the need visible.
Back to SchoolThe First-Day Script, Minute by Minute
The first 10 minutes of day one quietly set the tone for the whole year. Here’s the script — exactly what to say and do.
Back to School5 First-Week Procedures That Run a Class Itself
“Classroom management” is mostly procedures, taught 40 times. Here are the 5 worth teaching first — and how to make them stick.
Back to SchoolWhat to Teach Your First Week Instead of Curriculum
Week one isn’t for curriculum — it’s for building the conditions that make curriculum possible. Here’s what to teach instead.
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AI LiteracyWe’re Teaching Kids to Make Funny Pictures with AI. We Could Be Teaching Them to Think.
Most “AI literacy” stops at the surface. A free 5-day set — infographics, handouts, and a slide deck — built to make grades 6–8 actually think.
Classroom SurvivalEmergency Sub Plans for When You Wake Up Sick
Waking up sick shouldn’t mean building a sub plan from the couch with a fever. Here’s what a no-prep ELA sub day needs — plus a free one.
AI LiteracyHow to Tell if a Student Used AI to Write an Essay
The honest answer — why AI detectors are unreliable, who they hurt most, and what actually works instead.
AI LiteracyHow to Teach AI Literacy in the ELA Classroom (Without Banning ChatGPT)
Banning ChatGPT doesn’t work. Here’s what AI literacy actually means in 6–12 English — and three no-prep moves to start tomorrow.
Free ResourcesThe First Week of School Doesn’t Have to Wreck You
Your whole first week — syllabus, parent letter, day-one plan — built in about 60 seconds with the free First-Week Survival Kit.
Classroom SurvivalThings No One Warns You About Week One Back
Empty supply closets, rosters that change four times by Friday, 32 names you can’t say yet — and how to stop winging it.
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