Curriculum Planning
Looking for ways to develop dynamic, compelling, and standards-based course content and activities? This is the place to start.
Bringing History to Life in Elementary School by Analyzing Photos
Guided inquiry based on primary source photographs can deepen young students’ interest in history.225Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Ways to Include Writing in Reading Intervention
Writing sometimes gets short shrift in literacy education. These strategies help foster students’ reading and writing skills in tandem.248Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Here’s What the Science of Reading Looks Like in My High School Classroom
Teachers can design lessons around these five components to deepen student understanding of and engagement with reading material.Understanding How AI Works Makes It More Effective in Lesson Planning
A teacher’s discernment is the most critical component of using generative AI tools to assist with developing lessons.573Your content has been saved!
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Why Learning at Home Should Be More Self-Directed—and Less Structured
On March 18, 2020, Simone Kern tweeted that simply “recreating schools at home” passes up a golden opportunity to engage kids in authentic, self-directed learning.31.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.7 Ways to Support Executive Function in Your Classroom
How to design your classroom environment and materials to support a wide range of executive function skills, from managing distractions to boosting planning skills.60-Second Strategy: Framing the Lesson
When teachers make their teaching and learning goals clear to their class, every activity has a purpose and every student understands what they’re doing.
6 Techniques for Building Reading Skills—in Any Subject
Students need good reading skills not just in English but in all classes. Here are some ways you can help them develop those skills.37.3kYour content has been saved!
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What’s the Right Amount of Homework?
Decades of research show that homework has some benefits, especially for students in middle and high school—but there are risks to assigning too much.29.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Getting the Most Out of the Reader’s Notebook
Teaching reading using interactive notebooks can increase students’ intrinsic motivation to read.767Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Incorporating Movement in Secondary Science Classes
There are clear benefits to getting even older students moving throughout the day—here are a few ways to do that in science classes.
5 Highly Effective Teaching Practices
We teachers are always looking to innovate, so, yes, it's essential that we try new things to add to our pedagogical bag of tricks. But it's important to focus on purpose and intentionality -- and not on quantity. So what really matters more than "always trying something new" is the reason behind why we do what we do.30kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Plan When You Don’t Know What to Plan For
What school will look like in the fall is still uncertain for most of the U.S., but teachers can develop flexible plans that work for distance and in-class teaching.12.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.4 Time-Saving AI Tools for Teachers
New edtech tools are making it easier for teachers to complete tasks like generating lessons and providing differentiated texts, freeing up time for them to work with students.Designing Science Inquiry: Claim + Evidence + Reasoning = Explanation
The Claim, Evidence, Reasoning framework is a scaffolded way to teach the scientific method.32.6kYour content has been saved!
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