- Teacher Wellness
Creating Boundaries Between Work and Home
Strategies like limiting the work they bring home and being clear about time constraints can help teachers set a sustainable work-life balance.Your content has been saved!
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How Sketching Supports Learning in Science
When high school students patiently sketch something like the growth of a plant over time, they learn skills that go beyond science.Your content has been saved!
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Ending the Year on a Playful Note
To keep young students engaged up to the end of the year, you can try giving them choices in their learning—and make it fun.Your content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Sage and Scribe
In addition to dedicated time to practice a skill, this cooperative learning activity provides an opportunity for peer feedback.Your content has been saved!
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How to Thrive as a Teacher With Attention Deficit Disorder
A neurodivergent educator shares how she learned to understand her needs and found strategies to help her succeed in the classroom.Your content has been saved!
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Using the SAMR Model of Tech Integration in the Classroom
An edtech expert describes what substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition mean in lesson design—and how to reach that elusive final level.147Your content has been saved!
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Connecting Content With Nature in High School Lessons
With a few key choices, teachers can periodically leverage outdoor spaces to boost student engagement.145Your content has been saved!
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How to Implement the Three Teacher Classroom Model
Rethinking the roles of students and the classroom environment can help teachers create effective learning experiences. - Inquiry-Based Learning
Encouraging Students’ Curiosity With Animal Observations
Observing animals provides an engaging way for students to build their critical thinking skills and curiosity. - Technology Integration
Adapting HyperDocs to Help All Students Learn
By embedding all materials and links in one place, HyperDocs provide students with an accessible learning experience.
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- Communication Skills
Why Students Don’t Ask for Help—and How to Change That
These three simple shifts can help students realize that asking for help is an expectation in your class and boost their self-efficacy. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
When Students Use AI in Ways They Shouldn’t
Here are some ways teachers can respond when students don’t follow classroom guidelines for using AI. - Critical Thinking
Encouraging Students to Use Notes for Sense-Making
Middle school teachers can use these strategies to help students learn how to get the most value out of their notes.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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Supporting Teens With Mental Health Issues
A teacher working in a mental health facility shares strategies that general education teachers can use to ease students’ anxiety and frustration so they can focus on learning.810Your content has been saved!
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8 Small But Impactful Classroom Management Shifts
How using subtle gestures, spatial awareness, and tone of voice can nudge your classroom toward smoother operations.
- Assessment
Tyler Rablin on Ditching Old Assessment Systems to Build Student Motivation
Frustrated by the narrow lens of traditional grading, this instructional coach and former English teacher redesigned his grade book to encourage authentic student buy-in. - Assessment
6 Ways Data Can Guide Learning
When educators use data effectively, it can lead to improvements in students’ learning and well-being.175Your content has been saved!
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6 Ways to Upgrade Old-School Book Reports
These creative alternatives to book reports can spark imaginations, boost comprehension, and reignite a love for reading. - Assessment
4 Test-Taking Strategies That Help Students Show What They Know
By teaching students to approach test questions critically, you can help them accurately show what they've learned and avoid picking wrong answer choices. - Assessment
Getting Rid of Zeros Won’t Fix the Grade Book
Well-meaning efforts to assess learning accurately have led some schools to set 50 as the lowest grade, but that can have negative consequences. Here’s a better solution.
- Student Engagement
Keeping Students Engaged During Long Class Periods
By chunking class time using gradual release of responsibility, teachers can vary their teaching strategies to help students maintain focus. - Student Engagement
Wrapping Up the School Year in English Language Arts
Secondary teachers can focus on students’ interests to keep them engaged while reinforcing previously learned skills or previewing new ones.166Your content has been saved!
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6 Dictionary Games to Boost Students’ Vocabulary Skills
Elementary students learn to navigate dictionaries with confidence while having fun learning new words through these games. - Technology Integration
Best Practices for Showing Videos in Class
Edtech platforms can help you create a personalized learning experience to improve students’ learning and engagement.185Your content has been saved!
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Boosting Engagement by Taking Math Outdoors
Bringing elementary students outside for math lessons provides a welcome change of pace and a chance for new activities.
- Formative Assessment
60-Second Strategy: Quick Sorts
In this formative assessment game, table groups compete against each other to categorize key terms and concepts from the previous night’s assignment.Your content has been saved!
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4 Ways to Boost Students’ Self-Efficacy
These strategies help students see what they have learned so they believe they can be successful in school in the future. - Formative Assessment
Using Mastery Checks to Assess Student Learning
Unlike simultaneous, class-wide tests or exit tickets, Mastery Checks allow students to demonstrate learning at their own pace. - Teaching Strategies
Scaffolding Like a Pro: Powerful Ways to Support Learning
With options ranging from tried-and-true to lesser known, these strategies for cognitive, metacognitive, and procedural scaffolding will help you set students up for success. - Homework
How to Encourage Students to Turn In Quality Work
To help prevent hastily completed assignments, teachers can share clear expectations with students and offer manageable timelines.
