Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

From enjoyable English games to interesting lessons for reluctant readers, ELA will quickly be their favorite class of the year. By making reading assignments as creative as the books they’re covering! Assign creative book reports Forget the standard five-paragraph book report format! Differentiate by skill.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 21, 2025

In fact, the Ancient Greek word for leisure, skhole , is the root of our English word for school. That's right, at the roots of Western civilization lies the transformative idea that school should be a place of leisure, a time to discuss and study, not what others assign you, but rather according to what gives you pleasure.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school. Students can keep a long-term journal to respond all year long, or they can use journal prompts as a springboard into a class essay or assignment. What sport should get more attention?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

For students, this means larger class sizes, less individualized attention and support, and a lower quality of education overall. School districts nationwide struggle to fill teaching positions , especially in elementary education, secondary English, and special education. Why Is There a Teacher Shortage?

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

Identifying the Needs of English Learners English learners (ELs) have unique needs requiring targeted instructional approaches to support their language acquisition and academic success. Because ELs come from diverse linguistic backgrounds, their English language skills may vary widely.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Most of my students immigrated to the United States within the last year, and all of them were English learners, thus making it difficult for them to complete the activity. Unfortunately, the sentiment within my supervisor’s response is not unique to the curricula design for English learners.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2016

Homework has been getting a lot of attention in the media. Because I clearly saw the value of not assigning homework elementary level, I had to take a closer look at why I was assigning homework at the high school level. How was I going to get through everything without assigning homework? hours every other day.

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Assignments Motivation Reading High School 420

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Students who spent formative years learning online may be too nervous to raise a hand in class or have trouble paying attention. Then there’s the sudden temptation of ChatGPT and other new AI tools, which can make cheating on assignments easy and often undetectable.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?” Some teachers do not assign homework. Despite these potential pitfalls, flipped instruction retains its value even when videos are not assigned for homework.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Pierre, my high school English teacher who embodied social-emotional mastery before there was such a thing. For example, one of our high schoolers, James, isn’t doing his assignments in World History class. In math, James could be tasked to analyze basketball stats, or in English, he could write an essay on his favorite athlete.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2017

It was assumed that students were being lazy, not paying attention, or being disruptive because they were badly behaved, not because they were infuriated. Most English classes still include Shakespeare from time to time. Reading will always be an important part of learning, especially in the English classroom. Google Play Books.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This lesson is part of the Constitution unit and is available in English and Spanish with several integration options, so the material can be adapted to whatever your classroom needs may be. I see the difference having the freedom to be creative for an assignment has on students when they aren’t thinking about it impacting their GPA.

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Students History Essay High School 336

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 11, 2019

While aesthetically pleasing, these may be a distraction to some students , such as those with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. . Educators must consider additions to assignments to ensure they are accessible for all students. Seating arrangements also matter.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

” Her experiences with the new and growing field of global education caught the attention of Julie Lindsay, an Australian teacher, author and founder of Flat Connections , an online collaboration program. ” Mystery Skype was a highlight of the school year for Jen Lebo, an English teacher at Fountain Valley.

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Elementary School Elementary School Critical Thinking Communication 272

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

According to Rocky Bragg, a high school English teacher in the district, this policy has created some havoc. Many teachers watched their students brush off assignments and disappear from class. In cases where Bragg did have a role, like generating discussion questions, they were assigned by his students.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Upon the release of ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, we noticed that some of our students had suddenly become “experts” at synthesizing research and organizing their term papers, often resulting in perfect scores on their written assignments. This technology can be reversed too, assisting English-speaking students in foreign language acquisition.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

During a lesson, it was easy to see students’ reactions—if they were paying attention, confused, or engaged—and I could adjust on the spot as needed. In the time of TikTok, attention spans have waned. I can cut a lot of slack, extend deadlines or excuse assignments. Now, students are even more easily distracted.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

It has been shown that dual-language learning leads to developmental gains for English language learners (ELLs). What is less well known is that it also benefits native English speakers who score higher on tests and socio-emotional competencies when enrolled in dual-language classrooms.

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English Languages Language Beliefs 218

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

But Farley, who had been learning Mandarin for a few years by then, was serving a class of kindergarteners enrolled in a Mandarin-English dual immersion program. It was in my junior year, when my AP English language arts teacher said that I would potentially be a good teacher for a subject like that. Then on Tuesday they switch.

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Languages Language Teachers English 201

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The STAR project randomly assigned students to either small classes (13 to 17 students per teacher) or large classes (22 to 25 students per teacher). For a student, individual attention can make the difference between effectively developing skills and just coasting along.

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Achievement Students Instructors Ethics 267

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

It is also designed to help teachers create instructions for assignments and review student performance. Student performance in math and English language arts on spring state test scores in 2023 went up by 2 percentage points from the prior year, highlighting slow academic recovery after the pandemic.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Before my second year of teaching, my principal suggested that I pilot a class set of 35 Chromebooks in my ninth- and 11th-grade English classes. Through this activity, Nick was able to voice his fears about technology in a Google form and yet complete the assignment using technology successfully.

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Assignments Textbooks English Attention 189

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2023

Also during that period, teachers with a high share of students classified as English learners were more likely to report that their students regularly struggled to understand lessons, complete assignments and get help from an adult. Government Accountability Office. And research from the U.S.

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Schools Learning English Achievement 191

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Small class sizes mean instructors can give individuals assignments on topics relevant to their personal interests. A startup with offices in New York and São Paulo, Brazil, the company has raised millions of dollars for its adaptive software designed to teach English to people who want to learn it for work.

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Motivation Languages Language Learning 214

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Guided lectures with Pear Deck or Apple’s Classroom iPad app can keep students’ attention on the topic at hand by ensuring that their screens will display exactly what the teacher needs them to see. Analytical Essay + Book Promo/Trailer Video There are many blog posts out there encouraging teachers to choose assignments other than essays.

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Essay Teaching Lecturing Coaching 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

To prepare students for the changing job market, schools need to focus even more attention on teaching higher-level thinking skills that can’t be automated—creativity, critical thinking, creative problem-solving and communication. AI can perform these simpler skills better, faster and cheaper.

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Skills Students Assignments Essay 212

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

At his second college, close to his home in East Hollywood, he says that he had a bad experience with the instructor about an early assignment in a developmental English course. Del Real Viramontes joined its Puente program , which embedded him in a cohort of students in a math and English course sequence.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A well-structured digital study plan can help alleviate this stress by providing a clear path to manage assignments, study sessions, and personal time. With multiple subjects and various types of assignments to manage, keeping your digital materials well-organized can significantly reduce stress and save time.

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High School High School Study Exams 167

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

It turned out that our sixth-grade English and science classes thrived under the model. Since we no longer need to lecture in class each day, our attention has shifted to coaching students like Layla in how to collaborate, manage time wisely, plan ahead and reflect on their progress.

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Blended Learning Middle School Middle School Motivation 218

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Stanley, a former ninth-grade English teacher, often thinks about how different her pedagogy might have been—or, as a student, how much deeper her learning might have gone—with access to Actively Learn’s sequenced sets of texts and other materials designed to provide historical context and achieve depth in a particular topic.

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Reading Teachers Learning English 150

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

Attention feels more frayed and fragile during live video lessons for all of us. That’s especially true for our learners who experience challenges to sustained attention when in the physical classroom. Ask students how they are feeling about assignments or specific strategies and why they are feeling that way. Let’s be frank.

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Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

The company’s website was written in Chinese and marketed to students who did not speak English as their first language. Australia is paying a lot more attention to this than any other country in the world,” says Tricia Bertram Gallant, director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California at San Diego.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 154

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2019

Now, I’ve got their attention, and students start thinking, ‘Wow, this science stuff is interesting. Or an English language learner could translate it into one of 40 different languages.Say I’m assigning an article that gives an overview of the causes and effects of World War I to my U.S.

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Curriculum Teachers Achievement Textbooks 164

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. In her research, she found a noteworthy amount of attention paid to coaching mentors, but an absence of training provided to mentees.

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Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2015

In 2014, students who participated in the computerized component of the program had 2 percentage point higher pass rates in math, English and reading than students who did not. The school is drawing attention. Zirka Franko, a veteran teacher at Locust Grove, likes the way she can tailor assignments to each child.

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Schools Learning Math Assignments 172

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can be easily distracted, making it hard for them to finish homework and other tasks. This can help motivate learners to complete assignments, better focus on tasks and avoid procrastinating. Reminder/Time Management Apps Keep Students on Track.

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Assistive Technology Technology Gamification Disabilities 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Most of those teachers taught English or social studies, where the applications of chatbots are more obvious. In math, people can be hesitant to get help, says Nick Hershman, a teacher on special assignment who’s based in Beaverton, near the Portland metro area in Oregon. Others share in the skepticism. Does It Add Up?

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Math Motivation Writing Intelligence 213