eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

Math isn’t my strongest subject, and when a student asked me to help solve an equation involving angles, I hesitated. Later, I learned that many students were already using a math-solving app called Gauth AI, but discreetly. Rather than guessing, I pulled out my phone and said, “Let’s ask ChatGPT.” That moment opened my eyes.

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Ethics Plagiarism Math Communication 254

eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

In 2024, both Oklahoma and Wisconsin lowered what it means for students to be proficient in grade-level content. Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. Alabama is paving the way in math with its Numeracy Act. Now, they have proposed eliminating an Algebra II requirement.

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Education Math Exams English 280

Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Lets be honest, math doesnt have the best reputation. According to this survey , 42% of Americans disliked math classes during their K-12 education. For many, math feels like swimming upstream. As a teacher, that makes engaging students in math a real challenge. Keeping math relevant and interactive is key.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

Exploratorium: Science Snacks The Exploratorium, a renowned museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco, offers Science Snacks–free, hands-on STEM activities designed for students in grades 3-12.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2025

Choose what works for you: iCivics —experience what it means to be part of a democracy Second Life —simulates just about anything if you can find it Coffee Shop —run a coffee shop business History Civilization- -Sid Meier’s Civilization game (fee required) History Mystery –play the game History Simulations –fee and free Mission US –students role play (..)

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Activities History Education Ethics 100

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Keep an eye out for daily activities with local artists who will lead drop-in workshops to get the creative juices flowing. We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. Discover our developed projects and strategies to bring these STEM activities into your classroom.

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Art Math STEM Participation 148

eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

The platform covers all subjects–from vocabulary and reading strategies to science, social studies, and math–through catchy songs and interactive lessons. The multimedia lessons come with interactive activities, quizzes, and printable resources. The platform lets you filter texts by grade, Lexile level, or topic.

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Quizzes Social Studies Learning Students 156

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

You become their biggest advocate as they grow in subjects like math, science, and English. Make math hands-on and incorporate vertical learning 4. Design exploratory science activities 5. Introduce core subjects, like math, English, science, and social studies, through play, creativity, and real-world experiences.

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Curriculum Social Studies Art Learning Styles 98

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration. The Superpower of Story: A Virtual Field Trip to Warner Bros. The new civics-focused series, Need toKnow Jr.,

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Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 187

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 247

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

A first grade teacher with no formal CS background, she jumped at the chance to explore how computer science principles could enhance early literacy instruction — and ended up transforming her classroom in the process. This activity introduced data analysis while building critical thinking and global awareness. “Let’s do it!”

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Science Teachers Critical Thinking STEM 139

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Keep an eye out for daily activities with local artists who will lead drop-in workshops to get the creative juices flowing. We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. Discover our developed projects and strategies to bring these STEM activities into your classroom.

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Art Math STEM Participation 148

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

Here are just four edtech tools that can help transform teamwork in the classroom : Padlet: One of my first go-to tools is Padlet–its super easy to use and works great for grades 3-12. Whiteboard: Whiteboard is ideal for grades K-12 and works especially well for drawing, images, and math symbols.

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STEM Students Feedback Knowledge 243

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. My practical immigrant parents talked me out of the first, and a terrible grade on a chemistry midterm out of the second. I personally never faced a weighty decision about my learning until I had to declare a college major.

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Schools Failure Ethics Textbooks 146

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 23, 2025

Team-building activities for kids help students build stronger connections with classmates and develop essential teamwork skills. No matter where you play, these activities teach cooperation and elevate the joy in your classroom. This activity helps with review and building a classroom community.

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Activities Communication Assignments Grades 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more. Construct a thermal insulator device Concepts to Cover in Middle School STEM Prepare for the future with STEM activities for middle school 1.

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Middle School Middle School STEM Activities 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 2, 2025

Art and math are a dream team: Just ask Leonardo da Vinci or Albrecht Dürer, masters who knew their way around both a brush and a compass. Whether it’s symmetry in a leaf or patterns in a mosaic, math is hiding in plain sight, and that’s great news for teachers. It’s also a fun or end-of-unit activity. Table of Contents 1.

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Art Math Grades Activities 52

Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

You Can Use It Anywhere, With Any Grade Think-Pair-Share isnt tied to one subject, it works anywhere. Use it in math to talk through different ways to solve a problem, in science to make predictions, in reading to dive into character choices, or in social studies to unpack big ideas like fairness or impact.

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Fairness Social Studies Questions Science 81

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

From clapping catchy beats with hands and feet to singing for all the class to hear, amp up your lesson plan with music activities for elementary students that hit all the right notes. General education teachers can sneak a little Beethoven into science or roll with bucket drums in math. And these jams aren’t just for music teachers!

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Activities Elementary School Elementary School Students 52

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 145

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 25, 2025

Growing Word Wall: When students have extra time after an activity or assignment, have them draw and color a word that represents their feelings that day. Classroom Decor Pennant Banners By Fresh Out of Inspiration Grades: PreK-12th This resource includes pennant banners for a calendar, schedule, “I can” statements, and more.

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Counselling Math Assignments Art 87

Elevate k12

JUNE 11, 2025

Both Tiffany (Elementary General Ed & Gifted) and Stephanie (Middle & High School Math) have modeled remarkable teaching by crafting and upholding the perfect LIVE learning environment, expertly planning for their classes, and nurturing a culture of collaboration, growth, professionalism, and strong student engagement and outcomes.

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Teachers Coaching Interdisciplinary Math 98

Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

When the Grading Stack Becomes Too Much As the classroom quiets and the last student heads out the door, you finally take a breathonly to be met with the overwhelming sight of papers piled high, waiting for your attention. If youve ever wondered whether you really have to grade everything the answer is no.

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Students Peer Review Math Assignments 52

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

Through hands-on activities at DelSesto Middle School and a field trip to URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus, the URI students helped the sixth graders understand how lessons in their science classes had real-world applications. “The It was heartening to see the impression it made on the students.”

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STEM Middle School Middle School Laboratory 130

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 24, 2025

I finally compiled all of these activities into one easy-to-use, FREE document to help you integrate critical thinking games into your classroom, too! Math Mystery Logic Puzzles Enrich and extend your math lessons with these Math Mystery logic puzzles that are the perfect challenge for 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.

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Critical Thinking Math Reading Activities 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

Back To School All About Me Flip-book Activity By Love Live Laugh TEACH Use an “all about me” activity to create your first bulletin board of the year! The resource comes with headers, editable Google Slides, and community-building activities. With the right design, you can even tie it to CCSS , like retelling a story.

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Schools Counselling Math Motivation 98

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) Yes, even math! 10 8th Grade Social-Emotional Writing Prompts Social-emotional learning is a way for students to find their place in the world around them while staying in touch with their own wants and needs. What would you do?

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Writing Grades Middle School Middle School 52

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

We tag-teamed – every morning, I taught all the math, reading, and writing, and in the afternoon he would teach science and social studies. Try to avoid high-traffic areas where other household activities will become a distraction. They kept their math supplies in one area, reading in another, etc.

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Teachers Math Social Studies Languages 52

From the Pond

JUNE 16, 2025

☁️ Math in the Clouds! ☁️ A Dreamy Place Value Game for Your Next Math Lesson Looking for a fun, hands-on way to teach tens and ones? Try this dreamy cloud-themed math game that’s perfect for small group lessons, centers, or even a cozy rainy-day activity! Count your total — tens first, then ones.

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Grades Math Writing Activities 52

Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 18, 2025

That means your first week of school lesson plans should be more than a checklist of activities. Partner and Group Routines Introduce low-stakes activities that teach how to work with a partner: how to take turns, how to share space, how to solve a small conflict without adult help. When we go slow now, we go fast later. So I stopped.

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Schools Lecturing Activities Reading 52

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Multi-sensory learning techniques, such as hands-on activities, visual aids, and interactive discussions, further enhance understanding and retention. Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Try This: Imagine youre teaching a new ecology unit to your 8 th grade science class. Then follow with interactive tasks like a drag-and-drop activity where students can match new vocabulary words like evaporation, clouds, or rain to corresponding images. Why it works: These activities make learning sticky.

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Languages Language Participation Writing 52

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

The first book series I remember reading was in fourth and fifth grade. And 9 th grade seems like a good foundational place to start. I implemented my silent reading activity based on what I intuitively knew that I loved about reading and how it worked best for me and the people who I knew were readers. So now we go Old School.

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Reading English Grades Attention 75

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Meanwhile, educators across regions and grade levels estimate roughly half (47 percent) of their students are using AI for schoolwork. K-12 and higher education educators rank among the lowest globally for AI adoption, use among both groups has increased over the last year. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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Students Languages Language Coaching 180

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

The activities during the Mystery Guest’s visit can vary. These interactions are more than just a social studies lesson… they show students what it takes to be an active member of their community! These activities provide a way for students to pair hands-on experiences with community activism.

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Writing Questions Discussions Activities 52

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Its active, collaborative, and forward-looking. They learn that math isnt just numbersits problem-solving. From Prekindergarten to Grade 12, students learn social-emotional skills through a carefully structured curriculum. At Elmwood, learning is never static. The IBs interdisciplinary structure plays a key role.

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Art 212

Teacher Mood

JULY 6, 2025

That’s why I recommend choosing independent activities that are both purposeful and varied. In my Phonics Mega Bundle , every activity is designed to support real skill development without relying on the teacher’s constant presence. One year, I asked to move from first grade to an open fourth grade math position.

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Teachers Classroom Management Activities Writing 52