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Big and Small Strategies to Harness the Power of Peer-to-Peer Teaching
The brains of kids who are teaching peers go into overdrive—boosting retention and understanding. Here’s how to leverage this effect in your classroom.Your content has been saved!
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Increasing the Flow of Understanding: Place-Based Learning With Rivers
Teachers of every content area can introduce place-based learning that encourage students to understand the vital importance of rivers in multiple contexts.Your content has been saved!
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Preparing for Challenging Conversations
Rehearsing for a difficult discussion can help ensure a more productive outcome.Your content has been saved!
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Playing an Improv Game for Character Analysis
By acting out a character’s emotions, students can practice literary analysis, sharpen their recall of story detail, and build empathy.Your content has been saved!
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8 Ways to Show Students Their Academic Growth
Teacher-tested, motivating activities that get students out of their own “performance loop” and make learning visible—even when they struggle to see the forest for the trees.Your content has been saved!
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How to Build Relationships in an Intervention Setting
Strong connections with students are essential for showing them that you’re a trustworthy advocate who wants to help them succeed. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
Harnessing AI for Standards Alignment in World Languages
Aligning lessons with standards is time-consuming, and this is an area of planning where AI tools can be helpful.104Your content has been saved!
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How to Meaningfully Involve Students in Leadership
A district-wide approach to including students in decision-making creates opportunities for change. - Diversity
Celebrating Diversity in Early Childhood Classrooms
Teachers working with young students can explore books that foster kindness and acceptance of differences among people. - Curriculum Planning
5 Steps to Leveraging Background Knowledge in Lessons
Providing students with background knowledge about lessons improves their comprehension and engagement.
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6 Research-Backed Ways to Break Up Your Lectures
Lectures are efficient ways to convey information, but kids tend to tune them out. Here are 6 activities that will keep students focused while improving learning outcomes. - New Teachers
School Just Began and I’m Already Overwhelmed
Teaching has particular challenges in the first few years, but there are things you can do to make it through tough times. - English Language Learners
Strategies That Help Multilingual Students Learn Content and English at the Same Time
Teachers can use these strategies to help keep students who are still learning English on track with their peers. - Special Education
5 Ways to Support Neurodivergent Students
An academic coach for neurodivergent students shares how to help neurodivergent students reach their potential throughout the school year. - Technology Integration
Supercharge Your Canva Projects
Pro tips from power users can help you up your Canva game, even if you already use it.
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Supercharge Your Canva Projects
Pro tips from power users can help you up your Canva game, even if you already use it. - Technology Integration
Using Edtech in Service of Human Connections
Teachers and schools are reducing their reliance on digital tools to create more intentional and connected classroom experiences. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
AI Tool Demo: Bringing Student Art to Life
Assistant Editor Daniel Leonard shows how a new AI tool can instantly animate drawings—and shares some fun applications for early elementary.Your content has been saved!
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4 Must-Have Folders for Your Learning Management System
These four folders will help new and veteran teachers clearly communicate the class organization and expectations to students and their families. - Media Literacy
Facilitating Respectful Digital Citizenship in the Classroom
It’s important for students to understand that discernment and respect for different opinions play critical roles in media literacy.266Your content has been saved!
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- English Language Learners
Strategies That Help Multilingual Students Learn Content and English at the Same Time
Teachers can use these strategies to help keep students who are still learning English on track with their peers. - English Language Learners
How Text Reconstruction Supports Multilingual Learners
This multistep literacy activity gives students an extended opportunity to improve their vocabulary and develop their listening and speaking skills. - English Language Learners
Supporting Middle School English Language Learners Through Morphology Instruction
Teaching multilingual students about Greek and Latin roots in words can help them systematically build their knowledge of English.505Your content has been saved!
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Advice for New ELL Teachers
These tips from an experienced English language learning specialist can help you prepare for your first year.332Your content has been saved!
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4 Ways to Support Long-Term English Learners
As students continue building up their academic English skills, teachers can offer a variety of structures to meet their specific needs.547Your content has been saved!
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- Curriculum Planning
The Power of Learning Progressions
Learning progressions allow teachers to differentiate content based on increasing levels of complexity. - The Research Is In
6 Research-Backed Ways to Break Up Your Lectures
Lectures are efficient ways to convey information, but kids tend to tune them out. Here are 6 activities that will keep students focused while improving learning outcomes. - Formative Assessment
Using Exit Tickets Effectively
These ideas for using exit tickets for formative assessment and to quickly see how students are feeling may be particularly helpful for new teachers. - Teaching Strategies
8 Closing Activities to Wrap Up a Lesson
Lock in the day’s learning with these closing activities that check for understanding and clear up misconceptions. - Formative Assessment
Using Learning Progressions to Build Student Confidence
Scaffolding assignments provides clear checkpoints for students, allowing them to feel successful at acquiring new skills.
