3-5 Upper Elementary

Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in elementary school grades 3-5.

Family Engagement
Parent Workshops: Strengthening the Learning Community
During in-school workshops, parents learn what their kids are studying and how to support it at home.
Interest-Based Learning
Explorations: Making Curiosity Part of the Curriculum
Student-designed electives put kids' passions at the forefront of their learning.
Collaborative Learning
Learning on Their Feet
Vertical learning—a framework for high quality group work—showcases student thinking for everyone to see.
Design Thinking
Design Thinking: A Problem Solving Framework
Students learn to empathize with others around the globe while solving real-world problems.
Family Engagement
Making the Most of Parents’ Time at School
Using family engagement events to target learning goals is a path to increasing students’ academic success.
Education Equity
Increasing Gender Equity in Elementary School
Seeking to bring more girls into STEM classes, educators examined their students’ and their own attitudes about gender.
Classroom Technology
Student-Created Videos in the Classroom
Making videos allows students to demonstrate their learning in an engaging way.
Project-Based Learning
How Can We Survive on Mars?
A fifth-grade project-based learning unit harnesses excitement about Mars to develop science, math, engineering, and literacy skills.
Social and Emotional Learning
How to Teach Self-Regulation
To succeed in school, students need to be able to focus, control their emotions, and adjust to change.
Communication Skills
More Talking in Class, Please
Strategies for facilitating small group and whole class conversations with students in grades 3 to 12.