Ensuring students have access to high-interest books—and support to read them—is an issue of equity.
A three-pronged framework can help students not only learn meaning of texts, but also gain motivation and purpose from them.
Optimism. It’s a word we are all familiar with. Optimists make lemonade when life hands them lemons. Optimists focus on the positive, channeling their energy
Activities that foster gratefulness have benefits for students beyond enhancing their social and emotional skills.
The first thing I notice when I walk into an elementary school classroom is how much student work is posted on the walls. Are there
Tracking minutes wasn’t helping her students, so a teacher asked them to instead discuss their reading every day, making it a social activity.
Getting buy-in from students at the outset encourages them to engage more deeply in their learning.
Reading aloud is a strategy elementary school teachers have capitalized on for generations.
Embedded learning offers opportunities for authentic learning in realistic settings, writes Fred Ende, assistant director of curriculum and instructional services in New York. In this
Students take a lead role in understanding and communicating their progress when they reflect on their learning in front of parents and panels of experts.
