3-5 Upper Elementary
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in elementary school grades 3-5.
The Joy of Pickleball in Elementary School
Pickleball is an inclusive sport that focuses on strategy and team building and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. This makes it perfect for elementary schools!2.7kA 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.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.1M4 Ways Classroom Design Impacts Executive Functioning
Effective classroom design can help elementary students develop skills like organization and task initiation.9.3kMaking Students Feel Safe
A trauma-informed approach ensures that students feel safe, supported, and nurtured—to improve their chances of academic success.129.4k5 Ways to Stop Thinking for Your Students
Too often math students lean on teachers to think for them, but there are some simple ways to guide them to think for themselves.4.1k
8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom
Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.49.5k
Is it Time to Drop ‘Finding the Main Idea’ and Teach Reading in a New Way?
Some schools are changing the way they teach reading—based on research that shows background knowledge is more critical to comprehension than general skills like ‘finding the main idea.’48.5kA Daily Support System for Students
Students who need extra social and emotional support have a quick check-in with an adult at the start and end of each day.89.7k
5 Ways to Support Students Who Struggle With Reading Comprehension
These strategies can help students who are able to decode well but have difficulty understanding what they read—and they’re beneficial for all students.41.1k
Bringing a Dog to School
A veteran teacher and administrator makes the case for having a therapy dog in elementary school.62.5k
Time to Play: More State Laws Require Recess
Unstructured playtime is making a comeback in schools as frustrated teachers, parents, and advocacy groups demand legislative action.46.2k3 Ways to Integrate SEL Into the Curriculum
To ensure that social and emotional learning has the greatest impact on learning, embed SEL in academic instruction.741
Why Learning at Home Should Be More Self-Directed—and Less Structured
On March 18, 2020, Simone Kern tweeted that simply “recreating schools at home” passes up a golden opportunity to engage kids in authentic, self-directed learning.31.6kHow to Help Readers Grapple With Challenging Texts
Instead of matching students to texts they can breeze through, literacy guru Tim Shanahan says that students should be engaging with challenging texts that push them out of their comfort zones.2.8k
