What Is the Science of Reading?
Evidence-based research on what really works for kids. Evidence-based research on what really works for kids. Classroom Ideas, Close Reading, Literacy, Reading, Reading Comprehension We Are Teachers
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108 Fun Food Facts To Tempt Your Tastebuds (or Not!)
Rhubarb grows so fast you can hear it! Rhubarb grows so fast you can hear it! Classroom Ideas, Fun Facts We Are Teachers
We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning
Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. But the term “experiential learning” is sometimes used interchangeably with “applied learning,” which runs the risk of clouding the specific benefits of each approach. To alleviate some confusion, my goal here is to explain…
Top Reasons To Invest In Digital Marketing For Your Business
Top Reasons To Invest In Digital Marketing For Your Business—Infographic Today, given this competitive landscape, an investment in digital marketing is essential for business progress. Digital marketing offers several advantages, one of the most basic being that it’s cost-effective; it generally gives a higher ROI than traditional marketing methods. Businesses can connect to specific demographics…
27 Simple Ways To Check For Understanding
Whether you’re using data to personalize learning or refine curriculum, the ability to easily check for understanding is critical to your teaching. Source Whether you’re using data to personalize learning or refine curriculum, the ability to easily check for understanding is critical to your teaching. Source Teaching, Assessment Resources For Teachers, New Teacher TeachThought
75 Fantastic 5th Grade Science Projects, Experiments, and Activities
For the classroom or science fair. For the classroom or science fair. Lesson Plans, Experiments, Hands-on Learning, Learning at Home: Hands-On Activities, STEAM We Are Teachers
Grab Your Free Lexia® Pocket Chart Activities Guide
Take your classroom pocket chart to the next level! Take your classroom pocket chart to the next level! Free Printables, Printables We Are Teachers
6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2025
Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Alpaca and Brisk Teaching Every January for the last ten years, we have chosen a small collection of tech tools we think are worth checking out. That will be the same this year. But something else will be different: Traditionally, when we put out this list,…
How Knowing Teen Brains a Little Better Can Help Coaches Be Effective Mentors
Every coach has seen it. The gangly teenager lunging for a basketball, coming at it too fast and fumbling it out of bounds. The tentative hitter flailing at a pitch seconds after it has landed in the catcher’s glove—strike 3!—and then slumping off to the bench. The volatile first singles player smacking his serves into…
What Does the Future Look Like For Colleges? Fewer Students and Fewer Campuses, Thanks to Past Events
Pickup trucks with trailers and cars with yawning trunks pulled up onto untended lawns in front of buildings from which people lugged books, furniture, mattresses, trophy cases and artwork. Anything else of value had already been sold by a company that specializes in auctioning off the leftover assets of failed businesses. At least one of…