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- Brain-Based Learning
Intentionally Slowing Down to Ensure That Students Learn Material Deeply
Teachers who are tempted to race through the curriculum to cover everything may want to reconsider and slow down a bit so that students can learn the most important content better.Your content has been saved!
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How 3 Principals Make School Culture a Top Priority
These administrators share how they approach the difficult task of fostering an enriching, inviting environment for students and staff.Your content has been saved!
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A Back-to-School Coding Activity Your Students Will Love
Help elementary students really get to know each other by empowering them to animate and share their personal stories.Your content has been saved!
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What to Do When Students Find an Assignment Boring
If an assignment isn’t winning elementary students over, ask them to figure out how to make it more meaningful to them.Your content has been saved!
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5 Dice Games Your Students Will Love
Students build computational skills and their confidence and ability to talk about math effectively with these games. - Communication Skills
Guiding Kids to Talk to Parents About Their Assignments
With intentional support from their teachers, students can take the lead when it’s time to talk to their parents about their academic progress.122Your content has been saved!
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Helping Elementary Students Improve Their Working Memory
Explicitly teaching brain-based memory strategies can help students build their executive function skills. - Literacy
How Read-Alouds Can Encourage Student Writers
Story time can be effective in guiding students—even middle school students—to recognize the possibilities of producing their own writing.181Your content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Silent Partners
When teachers bring this fun formative assessment game into a lesson, they get a snapshot of what students have understood, and what they haven’t.Your content has been saved!
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A Simple Visual Routine to Help Students Engage With Poetry
Teachers can have students create comics based on poems to better understand their themes and spark meaningful conversation.158Your content has been saved!
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