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Using the Local Community as a Focus for Elementary Social Studies
This four-step process helps teachers develop standards-aligned instruction that fosters students’ connection to their home.Your content has been saved!
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Preschool Project-Based Learning Is Doable With These Mindsets
Teachers can use these tips to guide explorations of students’ natural interests and document their learning.122Your content has been saved!
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Planning an Engaging School Assembly
Modern classrooms are dynamic and interactive, and you can bring that energy to assemblies as well.149Your content has been saved!
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How to Bring Social Studies to Life
By investigating familiar places, analyzing visual data, and exploring perspectives from the past, students can build a deeper understanding of history and culture.Your content has been saved!
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The 3 Questions at the Heart of Any Lesson
These reflections and tips can help teachers—especially new teachers—ensure that students will be actively engaged in learning.203Your content has been saved!
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Making Student Learning Visible in Math Class
The activity in the room may look like learning, but how can teachers be sure? These three interconnected strategies can help.660Your content has been saved!
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Supporting Students With Executive Function Challenges
A one-on-one intervention framework can help high school students with ADHD improve their executive function habits.975Your content has been saved!
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4 Drama-Based Games That Work as Brain Breaks
These simple, fun games can be just the thing for a classroom with drifting attention and pent-up energy.523Your content has been saved!
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A Hands-On Tool That Helps Kids Manage Their Emotions
Elementary students won’t be calm all the time, but a tactile breathing board can help them learn how to slow down and self-regulate.3.6kYour content has been saved!
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Pursuing a Master’s Degree for Professional Development
Getting an advanced degree in your discipline can have a significant impact on your students’ learning.770Your content has been saved!
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How to Lock In New Vocabulary in 10 Minutes a Day
A weeklong vocabulary routine with movement and repetition helps students go beyond definitions and put new words to use in conversation and writing. - Student Engagement
9 Strategies for Tackling Student Work Refusal
Teacher-tested tactics to get learning back on track when students refuse to do the work. - Student Voice
Using Quick, Regular Surveys to Help Students Feel Seen
High school teachers can use these ideas to quickly gather insights into how students are doing both academically and personally.59.6kYour content has been saved!
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What to Do When Students Think They Already Know Something
If students think they’ve mastered something, they have little reason to make an effort. These strategies help them see the limits of their knowledge. - The Research Is In
How Good Teachers Get Even Better
Like elite athletes and musicians, even outstanding teachers have room to grow. Here are 6 research-based ways to keep sharpening your skills.
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Teaching Multiple-Choice Questions as Their Own Genre of Text
Exploring the expectations of multiple-choice questions with students is effective test prep—and helps them develop critical thinking skills.997Your content has been saved!
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The Case for Math That Connects to Students’ Lives
From algorithms to probability and game theory, the essential math shaping students’ futures is mostly missing in K-12 education, argues education advocate Ted Dintersmith. - Assessment
17 Ways to End Class That Make Tomorrow Easier
The final minutes of class can be future-oriented—use these closing activities to consolidate learning, gather feedback, or spark curiosity about tomorrow. - Assessment
Using Evidence of Students’ Learning Beyond Grades
Grades are only a starting point for providing appropriate challenges that help students deepen their understanding and make meaningful progress.3.4kYour content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Make Assessments More Accessible Without Lowering Expectations
Teachers can remove unnecessary barriers in designing assessments that will give them solid information about what students know.
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Looking Beyond Grades for Signs of Multilingual Students’ Progress
Taking participation, oral language expansion, and academic risk-taking into consideration can give teachers a broad sense of students’ growth.943Your content has been saved!
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How to Determine a Multilingual Student’s Proficiency With Academic English
English learners who understand an academic concept may still struggle to articulate their understanding, and these scaffolds can help.10.7kYour content has been saved!
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Schoolwide Support for Multilingual Learners
School leaders have a key role to play in ensuring that all teachers are able to deliver instruction that promotes multilingual students’ growth.2.9kYour content has been saved!
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Helping Multilingual Students Adjust to a New High School
Teachers can positively impact five factors that contribute to students’ sense of belonging: support networks, language, participation opportunities, safety, and recognition.2.4kYour content has been saved!
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8 Ways to Help English Learners Improve Their Digital Fluency
The fact that software applications have common functions in different formats may not be obvious to students also navigating a new language, and these scaffolds can help.2.6kYour content has been saved!
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- New Teachers
What an Experienced Teacher Notices in the First 5 Minutes of Class
Maintaining a flexible approach when students’ needs and behaviors shift allows teachers to respond in effective ways that support learning. - Classroom Management
Building a Stronger Community in the First 5 Minutes of Class
A daily check-in routine gives middle and high school teachers a chance to ensure that every student feels seen and supported. - Classroom Management
How Veteran Teachers Keep Their Cool
Go-to strategies from veteran teachers for maintaining a ‘responsive, not reactive’ approach to classroom conflict. - Teaching Strategies
Building Students’ Confidence and Understanding in Math
Students are better able to engage with and solve complex problems when they view themselves as capable mathematicians. - Professional Learning
Podcast: 5 Common Teacher Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Teacher mistakes remind us that the learning never stops. Here are tips for coping and resetting when things go sideways in class.
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