- Teaching Strategies
Harnessing Joy in the Service of Learning
By encouraging students to do hard things in collaboration with peers, teachers can help them experience joy, the fuel that allows them to struggle well.Your content has been saved!
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5 AI Activities to Build Student Agency
Students can cocreate classroom norms and identify the strengths they bring to the classroom, setting them up to tackle the school year with confidence.Your content has been saved!
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Designing Joyful Learning Experiences in Middle School
Joy in learning doesn’t mean games, entertainment, or treats—it is fostered by combining challenge with curiosity, purpose, belonging, and celebration.Your content has been saved!
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Rethinking Classroom Seating With Caves, Campfires, and Watering Holes
An unconventional desk arrangement quickly and easily allows for three different types of classroom work—solo, small group, and whole-class instruction.Your content has been saved!
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8 Prewriting Activities to Get Student Writers Unstuck
Facing down a blank page (or screen) can be terrifying—these excellent activities are designed to break through the logjam. - Restorative Practices
Guiding Middle School Students to Commit to Their Own Growth
This mentoring framework can help students with discipline referrals see that they have the ability and responsibility to shape their future. - Learning Environments
Tips for Classroom Temperature Management
Teachers can use these ideas to create a more comfortable learning environment for their students and themselves.241Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Ease the Transition to Preschool
In the first few days and weeks, it’s important to make sure young children feel that they are valued and that they belong.234Your content has been saved!
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Dealing With Difficult Behaviors in High School
Remaining calm and consistent is crucial in responding to students who flout the rules or refuse to work. Here’s one teacher’s approach.693Your content has been saved!
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Activities That Make Geography Memorable
Exploring maps through games and discussions helps elementary students gain a deep understanding of relationships between places.305Your content has been saved!
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- Classroom Management
15 Effective Ways to Manage Dysregulated Students
Teachers are seeing more big emotions and disruptive behavior in early elementary classrooms. These practical strategies can help youngsters reflect, reset, and repair. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Podcast: 3 Outstanding Community-Building Activities for Back to School
Kick off the new school year by building genuine connections among your students, helping them feel they belong (and matter) in your classroom community.
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Kicking Your Beginning-of-Year Activities Up a Notch
A teacher shares variations on covering the syllabus, creating class norms, and starting to build a community that he designed to boost student engagement from day one. - Student Engagement
Connecting the First Day of School to the Last
A veteran middle and high school teacher shares a first day of school activity that has worked for her for 25 years. - Critical Thinking
A First-Week Routine That Gets Middle School Students Thinking Like Scientists
Here’s a day-by-day plan for guiding your students to start the year by asking questions. Just resist the urge to answer them.6.3kYour content has been saved!
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- Integrated Studies
6 Ways to Implement Integrated Studies as a Music Teacher
Adding themes from different content areas into music lessons helps maximize learning and provides opportunities for collaboration with other educators.1kYour 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.1.8kYour 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.861Your 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.1.7kYour 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.
- Differentiated Instruction
7 Ways to Put UDL Into Action in the Elementary Grades
Teachers can design learning experiences with an approach that supports all students where they are and helps them develop transferable skills.964Your content has been saved!
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Using a Math Menu to Support Student Growth
This workshop-style approach guides students to practice problem-solving independently or with peers while the teacher provides small group or individual support.1.5kYour content has been saved!
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Closing Gaps With What I Need (WIN) Time
This structured daily routine makes time for personalized small group instruction—while building independence across the classroom.Your content has been saved!
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Making Your MTSS Framework Work for Teachers
By considering what teachers need to be successful, schools can create more effective student support programs.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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Intentional Differentiation Informed by Data
Teachers can increase the odds of setting students up for success by reviewing a variety of learner data as part of lesson prep.2.2kYour content has been saved!
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- New Teachers
3 Books That Support Teacher Mindset Going Into the School Year
These books help new educators gain insight into the emotional labor of the profession and prepare for the first day of school and beyond.803Your content has been saved!
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Creating a Tradition of Peer Recognition Among Teachers
It won’t fix every challenge your school faces, but regularly recognizing the efforts of your fellow teachers contributes to a strong, supportive culture. - New Teachers
Time Management Tips for New Teachers
It’s important for educators to implement a reliable scheduling system to stay on top of essential tasks without getting overwhelmed.2.4kYour content has been saved!
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Avoiding Social Media Burnout as a Teacher
By approaching online platforms with intention, teachers can keep up with new ideas without draining all their attention and energy. - Teacher Wellness
Simple Nervous System Regulation Practices for Teachers
These micro-routines for adults are grounded in neuroscience and generally take only one to two minutes each.
