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In this first-day-of-school activity, students and teachers collaborate to create classroom norms and set goals.

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Leverage the small spaces of the year to avoid the knowing-doing gap, in which learning ends up on a shelf, without being put ...

Instead of starting with the question ‘can AI do this?,’ it may be more helpful to ask, ‘What thinking is required of ...

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Students with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties can benefit greatly from activities that integrate oral ...

Step 3: Word-level decoding practice (4 minutes). This is where students get lots of opportunities to work with the target ...

Holding a 15-minute meeting with each student creates a chance to discuss what’s working in their writing and what they think ...

Vague directions, complicated explanations, and poorly sequenced tasks can overwhelm students. These research-backed ...

By offering alternative formats, these options reduce the heavy text decoding that can be a significant hurdle for many ...

These strategies, derived from Daniel Siegel’s book Brainstorm, can help you engage students’ attention and willingness to ...