English Language Arts

Penny Kittle shares a lesson plan that uses very short mentor texts to foster students’ love of writing and confidence in their work.

An intense program in phonological awareness can help middle school students who are struggling to keep up with reading.

When students explore new words through movement, they understand them better, retain them longer, and feel more empowered to use them.

Annotation ‘rules’ can zap students’ natural curiosity, but building a culture of observation encourages them to ask questions.

Teachers can use tools like ChatGPT as one strategy in their efforts to teach students how to think critically and write effectively.

To improve literacy rates in the U.S., reading expert Timothy Shanahan says we need to stop looking for silver bullets and instead invest in teaching a much broader range of skills.

Elementary teachers can use a variety of strategies and exercises to help students build up their spelling skills.

We asked members of our community to share recently published novels they would love to have read in high school. Here are your top picks.

Children’s books often contain valuable lessons that can help young students begin to think like mathematicians.

Everyone gets stumped when they begin a new writing project—even the professionals. Here are some strategies the world’s best writers use to push past the doldrums and generate higher-quality writing.

This fun, fast-paced activity guides middle school students to share their reading recommendations, and it can be adapted to suit a variety of literacy activities.

Adding movement to reading lessons reinforces key concepts and helps fidgety students concentrate.

These models move beyond Socratic seminars to provide students with authentic, engaging class discussions.