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4 Old Habits I Pruned From My Teaching Routine
By reconsidering your teaching patterns—from how you grade to where students sit—you can remind yourself of the value of flexibility and trying new things.Your content has been saved!
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10 Picture Books About Cooking That Promote Patience
The characters in these colorful books learn the value of waiting in a fun and engaging way while preparing a special food.Your content has been saved!
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Away With Formality: Breaking Grammar Rules in Order to Teach Them
Traditional teaching practices often make grammar challenging and inaccessible for students, but stepping outside of the norm can make things more interesting.103Your content has been saved!
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Cultivating Trust by Playing Alphabet Improv
A quick activity that makes space for middle school students to let down their guard and be vulnerable with each other primes them for learning.Your content has been saved!
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Sparking Student Curiosity Through Nature Journaling
Students can explore science concepts through an activity that encourages them to record their observations in thoughtful ways.130Your content has been saved!
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Using PBL to Teach SEL Skills
Engaging project-based learning activities can provide avenues for new educators to teach students crucial social-emotional skills.130Your content has been saved!
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Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning. - Assessment
Question: What Changes to Your Assessments Should Other Teachers Consider?
We're gathering tips for the teachers in our community. If assessments are something you struggle with, check the comments. - Literacy
Building Students’ Prior Knowledge to Support Novel Reading
Teachers can support students in reading novels by front-loading the contextual information they need to make sense of the story.175Your content has been saved!
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Managing PBL Progress With Young Learners
Consider these tips for ensuring that project-based learning experiences stay on track from start to completion.118Your content has been saved!
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- The Research Is In
Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning. - Teaching Strategies
7 Ways to Balance Joy With Rigor in Math Class
A few straightforward shifts and strategies can help create math classrooms where even the most reticent learners find their footing. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
3 Ways to Integrate SEL Into Classroom Practices
Highlighting and modeling SEL practices can help teachers create an environment where disruptive behaviors are minimized.574Your content has been saved!
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In Praise of the Humble Document Camera
Revisiting a simple edtech tool can help you introduce rigor and engage students more deeply in their lessons. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
Using AI Tools to Give Feedback on High School Students’ Writing
A veteran teacher shows how generative AI tools help her provide nearly 150 students with instant feedback on their writing.
- Critical Thinking
How ‘Would You Rather’ Questions Can Support Higher-Order Thinking
Teachers can move ‘Would You Rather’ questions beyond brain breaks, using them to boost engagement during all stages of instruction. - Technology Integration
How Tech Certification Transformed My Planning and Grading Work
Using technology to create a system for handling routine tasks allows teachers to focus on their work with students.205Your content has been saved!
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Building Communication Skills With Peer Critique
When students use a rubric and sentence starters to provide feedback to their classmates, they help each other improve their work. - Assessment
The Benefits of Giving One-Question Quizzes in Math
Students can sometimes pass a traditional quiz without really knowing the material, but there’s no hiding with a one-question assessment. - Assessment
Using Comic Strips as an Assessment Tool
Unorthodox assessments can bring out students’ creativity and improve their engagement in class.
- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
3 Ways to Integrate SEL Into Classroom Practices
Highlighting and modeling SEL practices can help teachers create an environment where disruptive behaviors are minimized.574Your content has been saved!
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Question: How Do You Help Students Remember Their Supplies?
We're gathering tips to help students remember their supplies. If this is something your students struggle with, check out the comments. - Classroom Management
How to Establish Classroom Routines for Productive Learning
Before a lesson begins, it’s important to communicate a clear plan so that students will understand what’s expected of them. - Brain-Based Learning
3 Key Student Mindsets to Cultivate in the Classroom
By fostering these fundamental mindsets, teachers can enhance resilience, encourage academic risk-taking, and improve stress management in the classroom. - New Teachers
Edutopia Sessions: Classroom Management for New Teachers
In this video panel discussion, a relatively new teacher and a veteran answer questions about how to keep a class on track for learning.Your content has been saved!
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- Formative Assessment
How to Use Universal Screening Data to Guide Instruction
Information collected from literacy assessments can help teachers make instructional decisions that improve student learning.231Your content has been saved!
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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.
