It’s almost the end of the year, and you need an activity that captures your middle schoolers’ attention. This May the Fourth activity, you must consider. 🪐⭐ #EduSky

Teachers, here are 7 questions your students can use to think about their own thinking! 💭

Empower your multilingual students with these 7 ideas that will get them talking in the classroom. 🏋️ #MLL #ELL #MultilingualLearners

Students can go from anxious to empowered with their learning. 💡 You can help guide them to confidence with these strategies. #EduSky #k12

Have you ever tried to order a scoop of chocolate ice cream sadly? 🥺🍦 Watch these preschoolers work on identifying and naming their feelings with a playful game called Emotional Ice Cream Shop. #SEL #EduSky #PreK #preschool

To build young students’ number sense, many math teachers turn to a humble-but-reliable tool: the number line. In one lesson, second-grade teacher Laura Berman centers lively discussions around the versatile tool. Here’s how. 🧵 1/6 #MathSky #ITeachMath

The bad news: your students are distracted. 🫠 The good news: you can teach them how to stay focused for increasing amounts of time. 📈 @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social has the deets! #EduSky

Take kindergarten energy and pour it into your next reading lesson! ✨📖 Multisensory learning can help students experience language and deepen understanding. #ELA #literacy

Effective studying is more than reading over your notes. 📝 Here are 5 active studying practices to share with students—to aid them in your class and many others!

School leaders have countless things to consider when planning and rolling out a new initiative: ⏰ Does the timing make sense? 🎤 Do staffers have a voice in how the initiative is instituted? 💭 What happens if the initiative doesn’t work as intended? Here are some strategies for addressing them.

A student may yell out “I’m done!” But are they really? ✍️ These tips can help students produce longer and more thoughtful work. #literacy #ITeachEnglish

Self-regulation, like any other skill, requires lots of practice. Here, we’ve compiled games that research has shown to improve it. 🌟 #EduSky #SEL #PreK #kindergarten #ElementaryTeacher

How do you get older students reading for fun? Try First Chapter Fridays, a much-beloved ritual where you read *just* the first chapter of a great book aloud to them—and leave them wanting more. 🔖 #literacy #EduSky

Teacher Anne Jordan wanted her students to understand that learning is like climbing a mountain—just standing on the path does not move you up to the summit. So she illustrated it. ⛰️ #EduSky

Some of the best questions make students stop and think. 🛑🤔 Learn how to design multiple-choice questions that engage the classroom. #EduSky

“Some kids think faster than others, but that doesn’t mean that the kids who aren’t as fast don’t understand.” 💭 This instructional strategy encourages more students to participate in class discussions. #EduSky

Maximize learning by tapping into research! 📊 These tweaks to your classroom setup support students’ executive function skills. #ClassroomDesign #EduSky

When students recognize their own personal values, they can develop a moral compass that will accompany them in any situation. 🧭 #SEL #EduSky

— @drbradjohnson.bsky.social

Your ELL student might not be shy—they’re just processing! 💬 Dr. Giorgia Cristani gives us 7 ways to help ELL students talk more in class. #MLL #ELL #MultilingualLearners

Keeping spring fever at bay toward the end of the year doesn’t have to feel like a battle. 🌸 With a few reflective and playful activities, it can even become your most memorable time together as a class! #EduSky #EdutopiaVideos

Simplify your approach to classroom management through the stairway approach, moving from one step to the next as needed to address behavior calmly and effectively. 🪜 #ClassroomManagement #EduSky

Research shows strategies like re-reading, annotating, and summarizing can help kids find their footing in difficult texts *and* improve comprehension. 📚 Here are 8 ways to build students’ skills: #EduSky #literacy

A personal moral compass guides students not just at school, but throughout life. 🧭 You can help build it through this inductive approach: edut.to/424GBDD #SEL #EduSky

Pack meaning into your music lessons! 📦 Music teacher @bmanchesteredu.bsky.social describes how integrating other subjects can deepen learning. #MusicTeacher #MusicEducation #EduSky

“Practice does not make perfect. Practice makes permanent.” 🔄 Try out these daily habits to develop key skills! #teachers #EduSky

When students take thoughtful notes, “they are telling their brains, ‘This material matters to me.’” 🧠 Educator Joshua LaFleur shares a guide to upgrading note-taking in your classroom. #EduSky #MiddleSchool #HighSchoolTeacher

Add touch, play and movement to your next kindergarten literacy class! 🧩 Author and educator Jill East gives 5 strategies for emerging readers. #ELA #literacy

How can students feel like they belong in class? ☁️ Educator and author @mrswendymturner.bsky.social details her simple yet powerful daily routines that prepare elementary students for learning. #EduSky #SEL

Math students often rely on teachers to think for them. These simple strategies flip the script and boost their independence. 🔀 #MathSky #ITeachMath #EduSky

What if differentiation weren’t synonymous with separation? ❌ In the new episode of School of Practice, educator Michael McDowell breaks down 3 low-prep strategies to differentiate instruction *without* splitting kids up. Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/49dbdGK

To avoid rushed grading, it helps to reflect on what feedback actually accomplishes, writes @mirplo.bsky.social. She recommends “holistic sorting” for some assignments—just letting students know whether they have or have not met a standard. Read on for more strategies! ⬇️ #EduSky

New research looks at how movement-based games like Simon Says and Red Light, Green Light can improve a young student’s self-regulation skills. 🚦 #EduSky #SEL #PreK #kindergarten #ElementaryTeacher

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This wonky story game brings French surrealism to high school English classes. 🎲 #EduSky #ELAsky

Instead of feeling like you’re constantly putting out fires, here are some ways to pause and ensure that most of your time is spent being proactive rather than reactive. 🔥 #SchoolLeaders #Principals #EduSky

Does homework help or hurt learning? Here’s what the research says, in 6 charts. ⭐

“What else do you know that I didn’t ask you?” ⭐

If you could ask (almost) anybody anything about education, who would you want to hear from? 🤔 We’re putting together a series of Ask Me Anything events, and we'd love your input! Share your thoughts in our community forum.

Multiple choice questions don’t have to just be about memorization.🧠 ELA teacher and instructional coach Katie R. Medill delves into how they can deepen thinking and spark conversation. #EduSky

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It’s that time of the school year again. 💆🏾 Vacancies. 📃 Resumes. 👩🏾‍💼 Interviews. Are you being intentional and strategic about recruiting a diverse team of teachers to fill your vacancies? I wrote this @edutopia.org article to share how I’ve done it. www.edutopia.org/article/recr...

Inquiry-based learning can build essential skills like curiosity and critical thinking, both of which are essential to science education!

Want a low-stakes way to get students talking and sharing ideas? Try Quiz Quiz Trade! ✅✅🤝 #60SecondStrategies #EduSky

By tapping into students’ natural curiosity, teachers can make class more interesting and instruction more effective. In their first article for Edutopia, educators Kathryn Lemerich and Jessica Holloway share strategies for your middle school science or math classroom. #EduSky

Jill writes about strengthening peer relationships in the classroom: https://edut.to/4civ2yD

Teachers can address misbehavior in the classroom by “climbing” educator Geoffrey Scheurman’s stairway to classroom management. 🪜 This approach allows teachers to stay calm and get students back on track. #ClassroomManagement #EduSky

From simplynakayla on IG: “Positive self talk posters! I love reminding them throughout the day of the words they chose when they get to a difficult task!”