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title: Open Up Resources Blog | Morgan Stipe
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# Open Up Resources Blog

## Morgan Stipe

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October 31, 2022 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/classroom), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community)

## [Meeting Teachers Where They Are with Professional Learning](https://news.openupresources.org/meeting-teachers-where-they-are-with-professional-learning)

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A day in the life of a Teacher Leader in Residence

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[![Open Up Resources Bookworms K-5 Reading & Writing Implementation](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known%20part%204.png?width=680&name=things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known%20part%204.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known-bookworms-k-5-reading-writing)

October 28, 2022 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/classroom), [ELA Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/ela-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice)

## [Things I Wish I Had Known: Implementing Bookworms K–5 Reading & Writing](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known-bookworms-k-5-reading-writing)

[![Open Up Resources Bookworms K-5 Reading & Writing Implementation](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known%20part%204.png?width=680&name=things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known%20part%204.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known-bookworms-k-5-reading-writing)

Educators using *Bookworms K–5 Reading & Writing* share their implementation advice and new understandings.

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[![Open Up Resources 6-8 Math Curriculum Math Educators](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known.png?width=680&name=things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known-open-up-resources-6-8-math)

October 27, 2022 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/classroom), [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice)

## [Things I Wish I Had Known: Implementing Open Up Resources 6-8 Math](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known-open-up-resources-6-8-math)

[![Open Up Resources 6-8 Math Curriculum Math Educators](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known.png?width=680&name=things%20i%20wish%20i%20had%20known.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/things-i-wish-i-had-known-open-up-resources-6-8-math)

Educators have been implementing *Open Up Resources 6–8 Math* for years, and here is their insight from their invaluable experience with the....

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May 12, 2021 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community)

## [Apply to be an Open Up Resources Community Coach!](https://news.openupresources.org/apply-to-be-an-open-up-resources-community-coach)

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### Help lead a national PLC, from your classroom.

This school year has been unique memorable **wild**.

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April 27, 2021 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community)

## [OUR HIVE, OUR Communities](https://news.openupresources.org/our-hive-our-communities)

[![our-hive-our-communities-2021](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/hive.jpg?width=680&name=hive.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/our-hive-our-communities)

*A dive into the annual HIVE Conference – Then and Now*

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November 24, 2020 | [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [ELA Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/ela-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community)

## [Batteries Don’t Recharge Themselves](https://news.openupresources.org/batteries-dont-recharge-themselves)

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**Open Up Resources Community Coaches share how they plan to make the most out of holiday breaks.**

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[![whats-working-pandemic-teaching](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/OURNovCommunityRoundUp.jpg?width=680&name=OURNovCommunityRoundUp.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/whats-working-in-pandemic-teaching)

November 16, 2020 | [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [ELA Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/ela-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community)

## [What's Working in Pandemic Teaching: An Open Up Community Round-Up](https://news.openupresources.org/whats-working-in-pandemic-teaching)

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### Educators from across the country engage students in active learning as they navigate teaching during a pandemic.

As the Teacher Leader in....

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August 19, 2020 | [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [ELA Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/ela-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community)

## [New Year, New Challenges – Better Together](https://news.openupresources.org/new-our-community-coaches-better-together)

[![our-2021-community-coaches](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Twitter-20-21PostCommunityCoaches.png?width=680&name=Twitter-20-21PostCommunityCoaches.png)](https://news.openupresources.org/new-our-community-coaches-better-together)

### **Introducing OUR’s 2020-21 Community Coaches**

At the end of last school year when it seemed the world was falling apart, it was announced....

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[![apply-to-be-a-community-coach](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Asset%205@4x-100-3.jpg?width=680&name=Asset%205@4x-100-3.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/apply-to-be-a-community-coach)

May 27, 2020 | [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community)

## [Apply to Be an Open Up Resources Community Coach](https://news.openupresources.org/apply-to-be-a-community-coach)

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### Help us lead our communities of educators around the country from your classroom!

I remember the feeling of questioning my next steps....

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[![looking-past-imposter-syndrome](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Asset%205@4x-100-1.jpg?width=680&name=Asset%205@4x-100-1.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/looking-past-imposter-syndrome)

April 21, 2020 | [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [Teacher Voice](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/teacher-voice), [Community](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/community)

## [Looking Past Imposter Syndrome](https://news.openupresources.org/looking-past-imposter-syndrome)

[![looking-past-imposter-syndrome](https://news.openupresources.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Asset%205@4x-100-1.jpg?width=680&name=Asset%205@4x-100-1.jpg)](https://news.openupresources.org/looking-past-imposter-syndrome)

### **How OUR’s first Teacher Leader in Residence Leaps Over Fear**

I’ve spent a large portion of my life living with “imposter syndrome”. Perhaps....

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