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Building Students’ Confidence and Resilience by Shifting Your Attention
Create a more positive classroom culture by focusing on and praising the behaviors you want to see from students.Your content has been saved!
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Helping Students Understand How The Brain Works
These four hands-on activities guide students to explore how their attention and memory function and how that impacts learning.Your content has been saved!
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3 Activities to Build Workplace Skills
Working through realistic scenarios like managing an overflowing inbox helps students develop skills to navigate future careers.199Your content has been saved!
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Making the Most of Learning Objectives
Asking students to unpack learning objectives with a quick routine helps them connect prior knowledge and feel more prepared for the day’s lesson.Your content has been saved!
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Implementing a ‘Halftime Ticket’ to Gauge Understanding
Teachers can borrow the idea of halftime from sports by shifting exit tickets to earlier in the class, assessing how well students understand a lesson—and what they need to get the win. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
Teaching Elementary Students Computational Thinking in the Age of AI
Lessons on digital citizenship, coding, debugging code, prompting AI, and analyzing AI outputs help students develop valuable skills.207Your content has been saved!
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18 Prompts to Spark Purposeful Teen Writing
By middle and high school, teens are ready to wrestle with big questions about who they are, who they're becoming, and what they believe. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
Why and How I’m Limiting Screen Time in My Classroom
Digital tools have uses, but they can also risk reducing the productive struggle students need to build critical thinking skills. - Classroom Management
Lesson Starters That Work for You and Your Students
This framework offers a sustainable way for teachers to create meaningful learning opportunities from the very beginning of class.595Your content has been saved!
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4 Questions That Help Math Students Explain Their Answers
Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.397Your content has been saved!
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Classroom Routines That Support Mathematical Thinking
Elementary teachers can create opportunities throughout the day for students to strengthen their math knowledge.86.7kYour content has been saved!
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Streaming Toward Reading Fluency
When students record themselves reading aloud using an app—and then listen back to reflect on their own pacing and expression—their fluency improves over time. - Brain-Based Learning
Writing Notes by Hand for Better Processing
When teachers regularly pause during lectures so students can synthesize their thoughts with handwritten notes, content is more likely to stick.33kYour content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Whisper It in Your Hand
A simple routine gives everyone more think time before sharing their responses—and helps manage students’ enthusiasm for shouting out answers.24kYour content has been saved!
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Why Students Give Up on a Task—and What Teachers Can Do About It
Students often start working on a task, but disengage if it gets difficult. You can use these three tips to encourage them to persist.
- Critical Thinking
Teaching Students How to Synthesize Using Art and Music
Middle and high school teachers can use these ideas to guide students to engage with and analyze diverse sets of source documents.1.1kYour content has been saved!
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How to Adapt ‘Julius Caesar’ for Upper Elementary Students
Immersing students in the history and politics of ancient Rome helps them come to a rich understanding of Shakespeare’s play.619Your content has been saved!
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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.1.4kYour 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.
- Student Engagement
Why Students Give Up on a Task—and What Teachers Can Do About It
Students often start working on a task, but disengage if it gets difficult. You can use these three tips to encourage them to persist. - Student Engagement
Why Your Students Need (Some) Extrinsic Motivation
Extrinsic motivation gets a bad rap, but middle and high school teachers can use it judiciously early in an activity to encourage students to get started. - Literacy
Practicing Sight Words With the Help of Ice Cream Cones
Early elementary teachers can use this activity to involve students and their families in an engaging literacy routine.3kYour content has been saved!
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Using Student-Created Stop-Motion Movies to Explore Math
Making simple movies provides early elementary students with chances for rich mathematical discussions.2.4kYour content has been saved!
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Boosting Student Engagement Through a Schoolwide Lunch Hour
For this high school in West Virginia, building time for clubs and tutoring into the school day means happier, higher-achieving students.Your content has been saved!
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- Administration & Leadership
Supporting Students Facing Instability or Trauma
The reasons that students become disengaged from school are complex, but you can support them with these straightforward strategies.674Your content has been saved!
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How to Build Systems That Sustain Student Achievement
Strong instruction can’t thrive without a strong organization, and school leaders can guide student growth by investing in their staff.1.1kYour content has been saved!
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A STEM-Focused Mentoring Program for High School Students
Learning from professionals in specialized fields allows students to acquire transferable skills that can support them in their future careers.284Your content has been saved!
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Effective Ways to Facilitate PD for Teacher Growth
To help teachers realize their potential, school leaders can create systems that provide relevant feedback, encouragement, and new learning opportunities.3.1kYour content has been saved!
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A Long-Term Process for Onboarding New Principals
District leaders should plan on a multiyear process for helping new principals adapt to their positions.1.4kYour content has been saved!
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