3-5 Upper Elementary

Ideas on how to bring a teacher-tested activity for promoting empathy and other social skills to hybrid and remote classrooms.

Without the rules and structure of the classroom, students with ADHD are struggling. Here’s how teachers can help.

The popular lesson framework can help keep remote teaching manageable while encouraging students to develop self-reliance.

Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.

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.’

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.

By establishing routines that address the challenges of online learning, teachers can help students in grades 3 to 8 feel a sense of belonging.

The morning message is a popular way to help elementary students transition into school—and it can be adapted for home learning.

In many places, students returning to school buildings will be required to wear masks. These strategies can help elementary students adjust.

The number one concern that I hear from educators is lack of time, particularly lack of instructional time with students. Although we can't entirely solve the time problem, we can mitigate it by carefully analyzing our use of class time.

Implementing this method makes dividing a teacher’s time between students in class and those working at home much easier.

A veteran teacher and administrator makes the case for having a therapy dog in elementary school.