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- 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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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. - Classroom Management
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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