The science of reading isn’t just about decoding—and it isn’t just for early grades, either! Here are research-backed practices to enhance older students’ learning. 📙 🙌 edut.to/3JKyS4j
An awesome idea for junior to secondary students - discussions can be formative and summative. Read this to find out how discussions can assess learning in a more formalized manner, be engaging and informative of student progress.
Can students have a good time during a test? Yes! 🎉 Discover a strategy that students described as “interesting and fun”: edut.to/3UvlF6j
ALT Using Discussion as a Summative Assessment: Verbal participation in discussions is a tried-and-true formative assessment, but it can also be rubric-based and summative.
Since we have limited time during the school day to devote to writing, we want to make sure we are getting the most out of it. Autumn has shared 5 high-impact writing strategies for pre-K to upper elementary-aged students that we can try.
edutopia.org/article/high-im… via @edutopia
Being mindful of teachers' time and amplifying individual areas of expertise are just some of the ways a school can strengthen the culture of learning among staff. 💪
This English teacher said no to AI. Now she shows students how to use it responsibly: edut.to/49w6hdS
ALT When AI splashed into the field of education, I fervently told my students that using any AI website would be considered plagiarism. I eventually came to the conclusion that artificial intelligence is here to stay. I needed to change my way of thinking and view artificial intelligence as another tool in my teacher toolbox. —Shelby Scoffield, High School English Teacher
Ss are learning about traditions and celebrations in social studies. We are learning about the Lunar New Year. Today we made and played a game Koreans play on the Lunar New Year - Ddakji (딱지). They loved it! @GoodfellowPS@SCDSB_Schools#ddakji#딱지#LunarNewYear
Social and emotional learning doesn’t have to feel like a special event. Build #SEL tactics right into your core elementary math curriculum with these 3 activities!
How did a single dry-erase marker get these middle schoolers up on their feet and chattering excitedly about math? Watch and find out. 🙌
See all of our 60-second strategies in one convenient place: edut.to/48oh0Hh
Are positive calls home a part of your practice? 💫
ALT Six calls home today to celebrate students’ growth. My takeaways…
•Every parent initially thought their kid was in trouble—I need to make more positive calls home.
•Every kid smiled like crazy and left my office with their head up—big kids like to be celebrated, too.
– Melissa Evans, Assistant Principal
ALT "I always go around the class during group activities to discuss the task with my quieter students—so many more layers emerge with ideas and discussion. The quiet students have as much a voice as the louder ones." —Dr. Elizabeth Heck, Educator and Researcher
How did a school with a large population of #ELLs who start kindergarten with little or no English get kids reaching proficiency by 3rd or 4th grade?
Watch to learn the strategies they used! 💫