- English Language Arts
What the Edutopia Community Taught Me About Teaching Shakespeare
Touching base with her fellow educators helped an English teacher affirm her desire to teach students about the Bard.Your content has been saved!
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3 Student Self-Reflection Strategies After They Finish an Assignment
Teachers can use these ideas to gauge students’ confidence and see if they accurately understand how much they’re learning.Your content has been saved!
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Extending Literary Symbols Beyond the ELA Classroom
Students learn to connect literary themes to the world around them, fostering creative thinking and deeper understanding in this activity.Your content has been saved!
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How Breaking Up Lectures Can Improve Student Learning
When lectures strain attention spans, thoughtful teaching strategies can enhance student focus, optimize retention, and improve classroom outcomes.Your content has been saved!
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Bolstering Language Instruction With Comics
Visual texts can be an effective way for English language learners to build literacy skills.Your content has been saved!
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Spencer Russell on What We Get Wrong About Reading Instruction
There’s a way to get kids learning to read quickly and feeling excited about it, says the former teacher and TikTok influencer—and the return for teachers is big. - Diversity
Celebrating International Mother Language Day
A middle school teacher shares her favorite ways to celebrate linguistic diversity, both on International Mother Language Day and year-round. - Student Voice
Feedback Fridays
Setting aside time each week to check in with students about what’s going well—and what isn’t—demonstrates unconditional positive regard.142Your content has been saved!
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Rediscovering the Classroom’s Challenges and Opportunities
After returning to the classroom, a former instructional coach reflects on things she’d forgotten—from the challenge of fostering community to the difficulty of taking a day off. - English Language Learners
Using Gardening to Build Community in ELL Classrooms
An interdisciplinary gardening unit can strengthen students’ sense of belonging and enhance their language skills.149Your content has been saved!
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- Learning Environments
4 Classroom Design Tactics to Motivate Students
Teachers can make small shifts in their classroom design to boost engagement, spark curiosity, and celebrate success. - Teaching Strategies
How to Make One-on-One ELA Conferences Work
Middle school teachers and students can both benefit from individual conferences, and this routine makes them manageable. - English Language Learners
Supporting Neuroplasticity in Multilingual Learners
Challenging, culturally responsive assignments can create a dynamic that supports students’ language development and critical thinking. - Research
To Study Better, Don’t Start From Zero
Strategic, research-backed improvements can help students transform their favorite study habits into tools for deeper learning and retention. - Literacy
What SEL Adds to Our Understanding of Literacy Development in Young Children
Teachers can use connections between literacy and social and emotional learning to awaken a love of reading in young students.
- Project-Based Learning (PBL)
How to Introduce PBL Into a Packaged Curriculum
Even with established curriculum, teachers can produce engaging learning experiences that address required learning standards and meet students’ needs. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Inspiring Curiosity and Critical Thinking in Pre-K
Project-based learning can inspire young students to ask questions about their surroundings and see where their curiosity takes them.394Your content has been saved!
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6 Strategies for Scaffolding PBL in First and Second Grade
These tips for balancing structure with choice can help ensure an engaging and productive project-based learning experience for young students.223Your content has been saved!
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Practical Tips for Introducing Debate in Elementary School
With guidance, students in grades 3 through 5 can build communication and critical thinking skills through lively discussions.201Your content has been saved!
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Essential Steps for Setting Up Schoolwide PBL
Implementing any new initiative is tough, but school leaders can use these ideas to work with teachers in rolling out project-based learning across the school.145Your content has been saved!
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- Literacy
What SEL Adds to Our Understanding of Literacy Development in Young Children
Teachers can use connections between literacy and social and emotional learning to awaken a love of reading in young students. - Literacy
Using Maslow’s Hierarchy to Teach Literary Analysis
The ability to understand why people do what they do starts with empathy, and using the hierarchy of needs can help students understand fictional characters. - Literacy
Cultivating Writing Skills in Young Learners
This strategy for teaching creative writing to first- and second-grade students uses an engaging and differentiated approach. - Literacy
Question: What’s the Value of Teaching Shakespeare in High School?
A question from teacher Christina Torres Cawdery: What are your thoughts on teaching Shakespeare in high school? - Literacy
Integrating Grammar and Creative Writing Lessons
Experimenting with different genres and grammar conventions allows students to see why we follow certain rules—and which ones they can break.
- Homework
How to Encourage Students to Turn In Quality Work
To help prevent hastily completed assignments, teachers can share clear expectations with students and offer manageable timelines. - Teaching Strategies
How to Make One-on-One ELA Conferences Work
Middle school teachers and students can both benefit from individual conferences, and this routine makes them manageable. - Formative Assessment
Assessing as You Teach
These formative assessment strategies for the early grades can save time as you, and your students, discover where they are in the learning process. - Assessment
How Can I Be Sure I Know What Students Are Learning?
A teacher who found that reams of data didn’t capture students’ learning made these three tweaks to his quizzes and tests. - Formative Assessment
How to Use Universal Screening Data to Guide Instruction
Information collected from literacy assessments can help teachers make instructional decisions that improve student learning.267Your content has been saved!
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