Teaching Strategies
Discover best practices for improving your teaching craft.
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.8 Captivating and Fun Math Writing Tasks
From haikus to math journals and comic strips, there are major benefits when writing is infused into the math curriculum.Your content has been saved!
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These strategies help upper elementary students strengthen their visualization skills and understanding of story elements.Your 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!
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Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.Your content has been saved!
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How Learning Happens: Instructional Shifts
Dig into our collection of classroom practice videos grounded in the science of learning and find something to try in your own instruction—it could have an outsized impact on your students’ learning.417.5kYour content has been saved!
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Teachers are seeing more big emotions and disruptive behavior in early elementary classrooms. These practical strategies can help youngsters reflect, reset, and repair.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.8 Classroom AI Policies Developed by Teachers
Setting clear, shared expectations around student AI use is uncharted territory for many teachers. Educators across disciplines and grade levels share their current policies.Which Reading Strategies to Try, and Which to Ditch
Research shows that some popular activities for reading instruction don’t actually result in more fluent readers—so we rounded up the most classroom-worthy ones.1.5MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.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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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.
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?1.5MYour content has been saved!
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Gamifying literacy and phonics lessons teaches students valuable social-emotional skills, gives them regular movement breaks, and increases their engagement.The First 8 Minutes of Class
These ideas can help you make the most of the first few minutes of class and create a routine that gets students thinking and ready to learn.
