3-5 Upper Elementary
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in elementary school grades 3-5.
How Short Writing Activities Help Build a Strong Math Community
The opportunity to reflect on what they know helps students strengthen their mathematical understanding and supports communication skills.107Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.6 Books to Inspire Student Writers in Elementary School
Mentor texts can inspire students to more thoughtfully craft their language, and they make writing feel more fun.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Teaching Elementary Students to Use Audio and Graphic Design Tools
Teachers can amplify students’ creativity by showing them how to demonstrate their learning with multimedia applications.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A More Efficient and Productive Way to Conduct Math Assessments
Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Exploring Before Explaining Sparks Learning
New elementary science teachers can build student engagement and enhance learning by using the explore-before-explain approach.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Benefits of Using Choice Boards in Math
How math choice boards can enable new elementary teachers to meet the needs of their individual learners while employing mathematical rigor.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A Framework for Building Older Students’ Literacy Skills
Encouraging middle school students to read books of all genres and reading levels can reignite their interest in reading.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Sensory Room: Helping Students With Autism Focus and Learn
Imagine a safe space where students with autism can go to calm their bodies and then get back to the business of learning.1MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.41 Elementary Classroom Jobs to Build Shared Responsibility and Community
Classroom jobs help students feel seen, trusted, and excited to contribute to their classroom community.2.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A Simple Way to Build Rich Tasks for Group Work
Students often struggle to work effectively in groups, and this framework can alleviate common problems.111Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Adapting Socratic Seminars for Elementary
With a few key modifications, teachers can make a complex academic discussion into an excellent learning opportunity for younger students.Managing Your Class Without Collective Punishment
Even in moments of frustration, teachers can hold disruptive students accountable without punishing the class as a group.2.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Strategies to Effectively Teach Science Vocabulary
Using engaging, in-context strategies helps elementary students truly understand new terms.403Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Making Students Feel Safe
A trauma-informed approach ensures that students feel safe, supported, and nurtured—to improve their chances of academic success.129.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Reframing ‘Bad’ Behavior to Help Students Succeed
By seeking to first understand behaviors, teachers can better support their students receiving special education services.164Your content has been saved!
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