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- Environmental Education
Teaching Preschool Students About Insects
A super-engaging variety of indoor and outdoor activities for all seasons, plus bug-related books.Your content has been saved!
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Planning a Special Event Day Your Students Will Remember
Whether the day is dedicated to outdoor activities, STEM, art, or something else, elementary students will be excited to participate in novel activities with their peers and teachers.Your content has been saved!
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5 Tech Strategies to Enhance Student-Led Learning
While technology has potential to distract students, it can also boost engagement and help them actively demonstrate their learning.Your content has been saved!
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Walking Through Writing a Compelling Essay
Working out the parts of an essay step by step helps students think more creatively and analytically about what they want to convey.Your content has been saved!
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12 Ways to Use Cues to Boost Students’ Effort in the Classroom
Teachers can use these research-based cognitive and behavioral cues to help students feel capable, focused, and ready to work, even when tasks are challenging. - Culturally Responsive Teaching
A Poetry-Writing Exercise to Support English Learners
In this lesson, high school students write ‘I am’ poems in their home language and then translate them into English, building crucial literacy skills.283Your content has been saved!
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Scaling Up When Only One Teacher Attends PD
How to leverage individual teachers' experience with professional development when not everyone can go.235Your content has been saved!
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Using Restorative Practices Proactively
A core principle of restorative practices is that they are most effective when used before any conflict has occurred.646Your content has been saved!
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3 Simple Movement-Based Activities for Elementary School
Adding movement to literacy activities is an easy way to keep kids motivated and engaged.1kYour content has been saved!
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How to Co-create a Rubric With Elementary Students
Teachers can include students in the process of designing a tool to measure their understanding of content—an additional learning opportunity.684Your content has been saved!
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