eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Designed to work alongside innovative product enhancements announced earlier this year , these new resources empower teachers to create personalized learning experiences with inquiry, excitement, and exploration that will hold students attention while challenging them academically. The Superpower of Story: A Virtual Field Trip to Warner Bros.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Research indicates that reduced social interaction, coupled with overreliance on screen time, also worsened students’ social cognition skills, such as cooperation and communication, and executive functions , such as attention and memory.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Among the latest enhancements made to DreamBox Reading are:  Expanded Access to Adaptive, Personalized Learning for Older Readers: DreamBox Reading now supports grades PreK-5, thanks to recently added content.

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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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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

Deadlines for each phase keep the momentum going, while incorporating peer evaluation into the final grade ensures consistent participation. Beyond quantitative measures, I pay attention to qualitative indicators like the sophistication of student questions and the complexity of peer-to-peer discussions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

Nowadays, teachers can use technology to share grades with parents, organize their lesson plans through apps and track a child’s progress. Dizzying graphics, loud noises, and incessant rewards can lead to attention deficits or emotional dysregulation. What About Teachers? Access is the other issue.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

They may also feel underprepared for reading focused non-fiction, informational texts that require more attention than a casual fiction novel. While it doesnt level the field completely, and there are still students that do not read, those that do have shared they appreciate the time to refocus their attention on the coursework.

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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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Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

When you scroll through social media, you’ll see perfect grades, perfect families, perfect everything. Personalized feedback helps students see the path forward, as well as showing them that you’re paying attention. This saying perfectly sums up what we are trying to instill in our youth, especially in our struggling students.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

These modules are ideal for students who are accustomed to fast-paced digital environments and may have limited attention spans. When these activities contribute to course grades or unlock exclusive learning opportunities, their relevance is amplified. When enhanced with technology, focusing activities become even more impactful.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) 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. Yes, even math! What would you do?

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

With smaller class sizes and dedicated special education professionals, students receive focused attention in a nurturing environment. Success isn’t just about grades—it’s about finding your path and feeling confident in your journey,” says Llana. Every child deserves an education that meets their unique needs,” Llana emphasizes. “We

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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.

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

These modules are ideal for students who are accustomed to fast-paced digital environments and may have limited attention spans. When these activities contribute to course grades or unlock exclusive learning opportunities, their relevance is amplified. When enhanced with technology, focusing activities become even more impactful.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 95

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

The easiest way to start this segment is to use a graded, flipped simulation where students apply the application outside of class in that timeframe, with you testing the applied learning results using one concept per week. Anecdotally, adding TBL/PjBL modalities were too much for them to manage and there was too much group conflict.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

When they know they’ll need to summarize aloud or share with a group, they read more attentively and more purposefully. This strategy also works across grade levels. This step pushes students to distinguish between main ideas and supporting details , which is a skill many readers struggle with.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Start the year off with foundational lessons based on CCSS from the previous grade (or even the grade below that) to ensure students have the tools they need to succeed. Once reluctant learners know that success is in their control, you’ll find their grades starting to rise.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs. The first book series I remember reading was in fourth and fifth grade. Essentially, it’s like a little reading gym.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Editable Classroom Seating Chart Template for Classroom Management by Teachers Resource Force Grades: PreK-12th Design your classroom like a pro with this editable seating chart template. For teachers who use this layout, it makes it easy to circulate the room and access each student for personalized attention.

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The Hungry Teacher Blog

JULY 21, 2025

in sixth grade. I have curriculum plans for 6th – 8th grade that you can grab for free. Sunday To-Do List – Map out your units across the school year Pay attention to holidays and testing days Build in buffer time Get More Guidance on Alternating Your Units Want a step-by-step breakdown of planning with alternating units?

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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. Energy & Motion: Bottle Rocket STEM Projects Newton’s Laws of Motion Activity By Williams Hands On Science Grades: 6th-10th Standards: CCSS RST.6-8.7, 1, 2, 3, 4; 7.G.B.4, 4, 5, 6; 6.EE.C.9; 1, 2, 3, 4; 6.RP.A.1,

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need. Thats why AEF schedules quarterly conferences where teachers, staff, and parents sit down to discuss student progress, strengths, and areas that need extra attention. Here, learning goes beyond grades and test scores.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Missed Signals Shed Cheated in Her Previous Marathon The press coverage from Boston caught the attention of a New Yorker named Susan Morrow. The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real. Despite her promise to win again the next year, she never ran another marathon.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. According to a study by the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 60% of students report feeling bored during class, a clear indication that the traditional model often fails to capture attention.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Pay special attention to roles that directly impact legal compliance, such as Special Education, ELL, or state-tested subjects. Check that language support is integrated into grade-level content delivery, not delivered as a pull-out replacement or remediation block. Pay special attention to Title I campuses and state-tested subjects.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

Support Reluctant Readers With 4 ELA Activities for Middle School Middle schoolers who read more than one grade behind may struggle to keep up with their everyday ELA activities. Middle schoolers need the security of a predictable schedule, but stay interested in class when activities feel new and innovative enough to get their attention.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

But bucking this trend, Alabama saw fourth grade math scores increase. In fourth grade math, the state moved from 52nd in 2019, scoring at the very bottom of states, to 32nd in 2024. I feel as if more people are paying attention and deciding, ‘I can do something actionable,’” Knighten says.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Grades, policies, and standards are employed as tools not just for learning but for controlling behavior and projecting authority. Without the constant need to defend or assert one’s ego (our preferences and aversions), the instructor’s attention can open to what is happening in the room or on the screen.

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Edsurge

MAY 19, 2025

city by population, are reading below grade level. Both the loss of school librarians in Philadelphias school district and its disappointing reading scores caught the attention of Deb Kachel, a school librarian of 30 years. According to the Read by 4th coalition , 71 percent of fourth graders in Philadelphia, the sixth largest U.S.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Grades, policies, and standards are employed as tools not just for learning but for controlling behavior and projecting authority. Without the constant need to defend or assert one’s ego (our preferences and aversions), the instructor’s attention can open to what is happening in the room or on the screen.

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k12

JULY 21, 2025

12th grade student and SAC intern As high school students, we’re preparing to enter the working world. Use action words that draw attention. I hope they can help you create or update your résumé, turning it into something that will catch the attention of employers and showcase all that you have to offer. By: Sophia H.,

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Primary Punch

JANUARY 2, 2021

iSpy is great for pre-k-1st grade and Winning Word is perfect for 1st grade and up. Games encourage spontaneous requesting, taking turns, joint attention, following directions, and a range of pragmatics skills. I LOVE these two boom card decks for vocabulary. In-person we usually play Winter Wonderland.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 22, 2025

Indeed, most school curricula don't introduce the idea until first or second grade when children are twice Naomi's son's age, and even then it's typically done using the dry convention of numerals and ciphering, rather than the rich, relevant metaphor of lonely and friendly numbers on a street of houses.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class. In addition, middle school grades and attendance are the best indicators of how a student will do in high school and whether theyre ready for college at the end of high school, a 2014 study found.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

For students, this means larger class sizes, less individualized attention and support, and a lower quality of education overall. High workloads, inadequate resources, and lack of personalized attention can also negatively impact education quality. Why Is There a Teacher Shortage?

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 2, 2025

Finding educational websites that are appropriate for the age of the students and are interesting enough to hold their attention can be like finding a needle in a haystack. GoNoodle : My own child has been a fan of GN since he was in grade school. SO many ideas, of which most can be used for multiple grade levels and subject areas.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Psychology “Do Now” Writing Prompts & Slides By Loosli Learning Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Psychology Ideal for psychology classes or any subject focused on critical thinking, these do now writing prompts are an intriguing way to start the day. In your opinion, what sport gets too much attention?

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