- Special Education
Designing Typing Lessons to Teach Life Skills in Special Education Classrooms
With well-designed, intentional prompts, keyboarding instruction can help students develop several skills at once.Your content has been saved!
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Using Improv to Build Group Work Skills
Students learn to communicate and collaborate through a simple-to-play “Yes, and…” game.Your content has been saved!
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Facilitating Meaningful Writing Instruction Online
Even with the availability of AI and digital distractions, authentic writing can and should be done in online learning spaces.Your content has been saved!
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Keeping Elementary Students Engaged as the Year Winds Down
By weaving play, reflection, and calm into classroom routines, teachers can manage young students’ spring fever—and end the year strong.Your content has been saved!
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Podcast: One Task, Many Doors: A More Effective Way to Differentiate
Three low-prep ways to differentiate instruction that keep kids learning together.
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Attention Is Not a Trait—It’s a Teachable Skill
Teachers can use these six strategies to boost students’ ability to work with sustained focus for increasing amounts of time. - Literacy
3 Practical Ways to Build Students’ Writing Stamina
Teachers can encourage students to concentrate on three aspects of drafting to improve their engagement with writing assignments.230Your content has been saved!
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Planning a Cross-Grade Service Learning Project
Pairing high schoolers and kindergartners for an outreach project yields benefits for both the students and their community.173Your content has been saved!
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Guiding Students to Evaluate Their Own Level of Engagement
These verbal and nonverbal strategies help elementary students indicate their understanding of a lesson and assess their level of engagement.261Your content has been saved!
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Games That Teach Young Kids to Stop, Listen, and Focus
New research looks at how movement-based games like Simon Says and Red Light, Green Light can improve a young student’s self regulation skills.
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- Communication Skills
Classroom Routines That Support Mathematical Thinking
Elementary teachers can create opportunities throughout the day for students to strengthen their math knowledge.89kYour 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. - 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. - Teaching Strategies
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.33.1kYour content has been saved!
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- Integrated Studies
6 Ways to Implement Integrated Studies as a Music Teacher
Adding themes from different content areas into music lessons helps maximize learning and provides opportunities for collaboration with other educators.708Your content has been saved!
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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.1.4kYour 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.678Your 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.1.5kYour 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.
- Literacy
A Multisensory Approach to Literacy in Kindergarten
Teachers can help students develop phonemic awareness with these playful activities that engage multiple sensory pathways.1.5kYour content has been saved!
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A Simple Game to Teach Effective Storytelling
The surrealist Exquisite Corpse game can help high schoolers playfully explore how structure and character impact stories. - Literacy
A Scaffolding Approach to Tackling More Complex Reading Passages
This strategy helps upper elementary students decipher nonfiction by identifying key structures and vocabulary in the text.4.9kYour 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. - Literacy
How to Assess Student Understanding When Bad Handwriting Gets in the Way
Separating students’ knowledge from their handwriting can leave teachers feeling like they’re detectives sifting through clues.2.3kYour content has been saved!
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- Student Wellness
13 Books Featuring Characters With Disabilities and Physical Differences
A school librarian’s recommendations for middle-grade books that represent kids who sometimes feel like they stand out from their peers.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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10 Books With Neurodivergent Characters
These books can be powerful tools for reducing stigma, opening up dialogue, and promoting empathy and understanding.2.4kYour content has been saved!
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A Principal’s 4 Steps for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
This school has been able to increase attendance by building a culture of support and intervening immediately when a student misses a few days.3.9kYour content has been saved!
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For Elementary Counselors, Big Caseloads Require Getting Creative
When you’re one counselor to several hundred students, you need to leverage support from both teachers and students—and learn when to say no.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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Helping Students Return From a Long Absence
Whether they’ve missed school for physical, mental health, or other reasons, students will benefit from a trauma-informed, flexible approach when they get back.5.8kYour content has been saved!
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