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A Scaffolding Approach to Tackling More Complex Reading Passages
This strategy helps upper elementary students decipher nonfiction by identifying key structures and vocabulary in the text.Your content has been saved!
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The Case for a Smaller Tech Toolbox
To avoid technology overwhelm, a good rule of thumb: Think quality over quantity, and only keep what earns its place.Your content has been saved!
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Effective Ways to Facilitate PD for Teacher Growth
To help teachers realize their potential, school leaders can create systems that provide relevant feedback, encouragement, and new learning opportunities.Your content has been saved!
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Streaming Toward Reading Fluency
When students record themselves reading aloud using an app—and then listen back to reflect on their own pacing and expression—their fluency improves over time.Your content has been saved!
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A Long-Term Process for Onboarding New Principals
District leaders should plan on a multiyear process for helping new principals adapt to their positions.Your content has been saved!
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Improving Instructional Practices Through Collaboration
Both veteran and early-career educators can openly share their expertise to make teaching more effective and sustainable.Your content has been saved!
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Exploring the Dangers of Technology Through Literature
E.M. Forster’s short story “The Machine Stops” can help middle school students assess the impact of over-reliance on digital tools.528Your content has been saved!
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Recognizing and Supporting Giftedness
Teachers can incorporate academic challenges into their existing lessons for students that are ready for more advanced learning.500Your content has been saved!
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Introducing Friction Into STEM Lessons
Design thinking puts productive struggle at the heart of student learning in science classrooms.436Your content has been saved!
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Designing the Ideal Classroom Space
A thoughtfully designed classroom—and lesson—should always take into account the known limits of the student brain, says developmental psychologist Karrie Godwin.
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Walking Through Writing a Compelling Essay
Working out the parts of an essay step by step helps students think more creatively and analytically about what they want to convey.21.4kYour content has been saved!
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Research-Backed Strategies to Keep Students on Task
Teachers can help students build their capacity to stay on task by ensuring that they have a clear path to start working, reasons to continue, and support when they lose focus. - Brain-Based Learning
9 Brain Breaks to Foster Connection in Middle School
Just a few minutes of collaboration, movement, and community-building can create a more positive and productive middle school learning environment.14.6kYour content has been saved!
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Building Routines to Manage Cognitive Load
Creating procedures around daily classroom activities reduces the mental burden for students, leaving more brain space for them to think deeply about content.11.9kYour content has been saved!
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Classroom Routines That Support Mathematical Thinking
Elementary teachers can create opportunities throughout the day for students to strengthen their math knowledge.10.8kYour content has been saved!
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Teaching Students How to Synthesize Using Art and Music
Middle and high school teachers can use these ideas to guide students to engage with and analyze diverse sets of source documents.961Your content has been saved!
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How to Adapt ‘Julius Caesar’ for Upper Elementary Students
Immersing students in the history and politics of ancient Rome helps them come to a rich understanding of Shakespeare’s play.596Your content has been saved!
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Using Multigenre Picture Books in Middle School
Books that convey nonfiction topics through poems and images help students learn to process information, a skill they can transfer to other texts.1.4kYour content has been saved!
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Combining Science and Music for Deeper Learning
Elementary music teachers can incorporate scientific concepts into lessons so students get a multilayered learning experience. - Integrated Studies
A Hands-On Approach to Interdisciplinary Learning
By integrating multiple subjects in a cohesive project, teachers can empower students to think flexibly and persist through challenges.
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How to Assess Student Understanding When Bad Handwriting Gets in the Way
Separating students’ knowledge from their handwriting can leave teachers feeling like they’re detectives sifting through clues.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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A Creative Strategy to Get Students Ready for Complex Texts
Before introducing something like a Shakespearean play, it’s helpful to guide students to explore other artworks with similar themes.1.2kYour content has been saved!
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Practicing Sight Words With the Help of Ice Cream Cones
Early elementary teachers can use this activity to involve students and their families in an engaging literacy routine.2.5kYour content has been saved!
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Make Hands-On Activities Work for Lower Elementary Students
Teachers can make projects more accessible and engaging for students by prioritizing creativity and learning over perfection.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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Who Will Your Students Be in 2040?
Guiding English learners to imagine their future selves and role-play a class reunion promotes research and speaking skills.1.9kYour content has been saved!
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Making Instructional Coaching Standard for Every Teacher
Instructional coaching works best when it is normalized as part of everyday professional life, not positioned as a corrective measure.4.4kYour content has been saved!
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Applying a UDL Framework to the Coaching Cycle
This three-phase approach to instructional coaching embraces the fact that educators are lifelong learners.4.4kYour content has been saved!
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Facilitating Instructional Rounds for New Staff
Schools can use this protocol to reduce isolation, build trust, and make both veteran and new teachers feel valued.2.6kYour content has been saved!
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Flipping the Lens on Classroom Observations With the ‘Inside-Out’ Method
Quick, low-stakes observations focused on student learning allow administrators to provide teachers with useful feedback on instruction.8.5kYour content has been saved!
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3 Innovative Instructional Coaching Models
These strategies bring teachers together and naturally generate evidence of coaching’s impact on student learning.8kYour content has been saved!
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