Alternatives To ‘How Was School?”
“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.
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Ways To Quiet a Noisy Elementary Classroom
Reliable ways to refocus students and begin instruction smoothly. Calm attention cues, transparent routines, and grade-band examples teachers can use right away.
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8 Videos To Motivate Students In And Out Of The Classroom
These are some of the best motivational videos for students to help with mindset and perspective–seeing the commonality in human experience.
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The Two Minds Of An Educator
The need to be rational collides with the enormous complexity and scale of the circumstances teachers face.
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32 Research-Based Instructional Strategies
These 32 research-based instructional strategies include Setting Objectives and Reinforcing Effort/Providing Recognition.
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What Is 3 Before Me?
‘3 Before Me’ requires that when students are stuck, they must first try to solve the problem in 3 different ways before asking the teacher.
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6 Strategies For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Spiraling is the process of starting first at lower levels of Bloom’s–recalling, defining, explaining, etc.–and then progressively increasing the level of thinking.
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15 Mental Health Tips For Teachers
One mental health tip for teachers? As much as possible, set clear boundaries between school and home life.
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Teaching Students To See Quality
So what does quality have to do with learning? Quite a bit, it turns out. And it starts out with helping students understand what it means.
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4 Phases Of Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guide For Teachers
After researching, this stage of the inquiry process is centered around students clarifying both their own thinking.
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8 Strategies Your Teaching More Enjoyable This Year
Social-Emotional Teaching is every bit as important as Social-Emotional Learning. Teaching matters and teachers matter
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What Are The Best Education Blogs For Teachers?
Written by parents, CEOs, teachers, and admin, these best of the best education blogs stand out with their unique style & excellent content.
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How I Eliminated (Almost) All Grading Problems In My Classroom
Grading problems still surfaced, but with a system in place, it was easier to identify what went wrong and communicate why to students.
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A Quick Formative Assessment Guide
A guide for Formative Assessment: A clear definition, classroom strategies, benefits for using it in the classroom.
