Teaching Strategies
Discover best practices for improving your teaching craft.
Using Sentence Stems to Power Up Your Literacy Lessons
Elementary teachers can use sentence stems to promote phonemic awareness, knowledge of vocabulary, and reading fluency and comprehension.343Your content has been saved!
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These strategies for building controlled movement into learning can help middle school math students stay focused and engaged.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A More Efficient and Productive Way to Conduct Math Assessments
Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.7 Ways to Balance Joy With Rigor in Math Class
A few straightforward shifts and strategies can help create math classrooms where even the most reticent learners find their footing.Making Math Review a High-Energy Game
In the 100 Squares Challenge, math review takes the form of friendly—but fierce!—competition, inspiring students to complete problems under pressure.Promoting Active Engagement in Middle School
A teacher shares her strategies for creating a culture and routines that foster students’ sense of involvement in the classroom.7 Ways to Show Students Their Academic Growth
Teacher-tested, motivating activities that get students out of their own performance loop and make learning visible—even when they struggle to see the forest for the trees.
60-Second Strategies for Educators
Our popular series of short videos that break down effective classroom practices for every grade level in literally one minute—all in one place. How’s that for a quick win?25.4kYour content has been saved!
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Why Are Some Kids Thriving During Remote Learning?
Though remote learning during the pandemic has brought many challenges, some students seem to be thriving in the new circumstances. What can we learn from them?76.2kYour content has been saved!
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How Learning Happens
In this series, we explore how educators can guide all students, regardless of their developmental starting points, to become productive and engaged learners.66.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Classroom Management in the Tech Era
Before considering how to integrate tech in lessons, it’s important to ensure that you have clear expectations and routines in place.54 Excellent, Low-Stakes Writing Prompts
Across grade levels, engaging and creative writing prompts encourage kids to explore their opinions, reflect on experiences, and build strong arguments.A Strategy for Boosting Student Motivation
A teacher shares the strategy she developed to increase elementary students’ willingness to engage in productive struggle and meet their learning goals.616Your content has been saved!
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Is it Time to Drop ‘Finding the Main Idea’ and Teach Reading in a New Way?
Some schools are changing the way they teach reading—based on research that shows background knowledge is more critical to comprehension than general skills like ‘finding the main idea.’58.4kYour content has been saved!
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8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom
Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.50.3kYour content has been saved!
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