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- Student Engagement
5 Simple-to-Play Indoor Classroom Games
When the weather outside is frightful, the right activity can transform students’ pent-up energy into laughter, movement, and focus.Your content has been saved!
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How to Create Effective 15-Minute SEL Activities
Teachers can use common tech tools to create short social and emotional learning activities that fit easily into classroom routines.Your content has been saved!
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How to Successfully Institute Student-Led Conferences at Your School
A middle school principal on how teachers, students, and families have benefited from an initiative that guides students to take ownership of their learning. - Brain-Based Learning
Bolstering Effortful Thinking With Think, Ink, Pair, Share
Adding a writing step to this common classroom practice helps teachers ensure that every student is getting the opportunity to think deeply about a question.Your content has been saved!
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The Benefits of Nature Journaling in English Class
While observing outdoor settings, students pay attention to specific details and employ critical thinking as they sharpen their writing skills. - Classroom Management
Digital Wellness in the Age of Cell Phone Bans
Although policies can help create structure, they don’t build consistent digital habits—those have to be taught, modeled, practiced, and reflected upon.117Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Encourage Deep Mathematical Thinking
You can adapt the curriculum you have to create rich tasks that invite reasoning and build students’ problem-solving skills.277Your content has been saved!
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Sentence-Level Scaffolds That Foster English Learners’ Independence and Growth
Teachers can structure supports to guide English learners to speak and write using grade-level, discipline-specific language.156Your content has been saved!
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6 Strategies to Make Setting Up Small Group Work More Sustainable
Elementary teachers can reap the benefits of differentiated instruction in math by leveraging existing resources.151Your content has been saved!
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Observing and Documenting an Emergent Curriculum in Preschool
Teachers can structure learning experiences by providing time and space for children to ask their own questions and make discoveries.132Your content has been saved!
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