- Professional Learning
Setting Up Professional Development to Strengthen the Whole Teacher
School leaders can work to ensure that PD helps teachers strengthen pedagogy and classroom culture, and that focuses on teacher well-being.Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Help Students Build Reflection Skills
Teachers can help students develop their social and emotional skills as they monitor and evaluate their own learning experiences.Your content has been saved!
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Designing Outdoor STEM Learning for Elementary Students
A framework for turning nearby trails, campus green spaces, and community sites into classrooms.175Your content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Playing Card Table Groups
Having students draw playing cards to randomize seating for small groups each week ensures that everyone experiences working with a variety of classmates.Your content has been saved!
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8 Strategies to Help Students Get Started on Their Work
If your upper elementary students understand the task but still struggle to begin, these ideas can help them take that first step with confidence.334Your content has been saved!
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How Integrating Coding Can Enhance World Language Studies
Coding can help students understand the building blocks of world languages, and it provides an authentic way to tell stories.172Your content has been saved!
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Have Teachers Reached App Overload?
Educators are overwhelmed by an avalanche of tools. The solution isn’t zero tech, but the question of balance is critical.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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Why Middle (and High) School Students Should Have Class Jobs
Adolescents crave purpose and autonomy—a set of classroom jobs can help. - Formative Assessment
How to Decide What to Do After Your Formative Assessment
You’ve checked for understanding—now you can use this framework to understand what students’ confusion is telling you, and how you can adjust course.2.1kYour content has been saved!
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Exploring Black History Through Music
Teachers can help the origins of jazz and hip-hop come alive for students with resources that highlight these influential music styles.476Your content has been saved!
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- Classroom Management
11 Classroom Management Tweaks You Don’t Learn in Teacher Prep
Over time, every teacher makes small changes that have a big impact on how their classes run. A veteran teacher shares the hacks that work for him. - Brain-Based Learning
Leveraging Prior Knowledge to Build Understanding
By guiding students through developing their own understanding of core concepts, teachers ensure that the whole class is starting on a strong foundation.19.8kYour content has been saved!
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Making Literary Analysis Creative Through Thematic Sculptures
When students use playful materials to build a physical object that represents their thinking, they grapple with texts in new ways.16.2kYour content has been saved!
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12 Graphic Novels About Mental Health
These books help students explore conditions that they or their peers may be experiencing, such as depression and anxiety. - Critical Thinking
Using the 5 Whys Approach to Deepen Student Thinking
Teachers can use a questioning strategy originally from the business world to guide students to confidently develop and defend their thinking.
- Literacy
Using Multigenre Picture Books in Middle School
Books that convey nonfiction topics through poems and images help students learn to process information, a skill they can transfer to other texts.813Your content has been saved!
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Combining Science and Music for Deeper Learning
Elementary music teachers can incorporate scientific concepts into lessons so students get a multilayered learning experience. - Integrated Studies
A Hands-On Approach to Interdisciplinary Learning
By integrating multiple subjects in a cohesive project, teachers can empower students to think flexibly and persist through challenges. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
7 Projects Teachers Stand By
Planning for projects can be difficult and time-consuming. This list of teacher-tested projects—complete with printable resources—should offer a big head start. - Integrated Studies
Celebrating Pi Day Across the Curriculum
Engaging, informative Pi Day activities designed for middle school math, ELA, science, and social studies.
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Leveraging Prior Knowledge to Build Understanding
By guiding students through developing their own understanding of core concepts, teachers ensure that the whole class is starting on a strong foundation.19.8kYour content has been saved!
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How to Build a Healthy Math Identity
When students begin to see themselves as math thinkers, they engage actively, explore creatively, and feel more motivated.7.6kYour content has been saved!
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Coaching Executive Functioning Skills
High-level cognitive skills help middle and high school students manage their emotions, behaviors, and responsibilities.7.2kYour content has been saved!
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Scaffolding Deeper Learning With Recall Activities
When students are asked to remember and explain relevant knowledge just before applying it, they arrive at a more concrete understanding of the content.18.1kYour content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Help Students Reset Their Thinking
When students hit cognitive roadblocks, these strategies will help them pause, rethink their approach, and reengage with their learning process.9.8kYour content has been saved!
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- Formative Assessment
Podcast: How to Use Formative Assessment Like an Expert Teacher
A powerful tool for gauging student understanding mid-lesson, low-stakes micro-assessments help teachers decide when to reteach and when to keep moving.
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7 Low-Stakes Formative Assessment Activities
Building frequent checks for understanding into lessons can help teachers spot learning gaps in real time and adjust instruction before moving on.Your content has been saved!
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29 High-Impact Formative Assessment Strategies
These versatile strategies—from brain dumps to speed sharing—help students track their own progress while informing your next instructional steps.10.4kYour content has been saved!
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Making Formative Assessments More Efficient and Effective
Incorporating peer review and individual reflections makes frequent, intentional formative assessment manageable, with big benefits for student learning. - Formative Assessment
Using Interviews to Gain Insight Into Students’ Math Thinking
Elementary teachers can talk with students one-on-one to probe their thinking and learn things that might be missed with traditional assessments.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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