We are Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

Use these idiom examples to teach kids and English language learners. Idioms are expressions that don't always make sense literally.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

While edtech vendors race to integrate AI into every aspect of teaching and learning, educators are drawing clearer boundaries: AI should save them time, not replace their judgment. Most of all, they want tools that align with the values and realities of teaching. They want support for differentiation, not decision-making.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Reflection also includes considering the emotional and social aspects of teaching. Next year, many educators aim to reclaim joy, both in our teaching and in our students’ learning. A former early intervention and elementary teacher, he is a credentialed English teacher and administrator in California.

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Schools Motivation Science Teaching 241

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Reading before bed? But not everybody feels this way about reading. My own brother — who is incredibly intelligent, younger than I am, and has already paid off his house (what?!?!) — once told me, “I never read anything unless I absolutely have to.” Every single day we seem to move closer to a society that simply doesn’t read.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

You become their biggest advocate as they grow in subjects like math, science, and English. Block out time for reading and writing 3. Introduce core subjects, like math, English, science, and social studies, through play, creativity, and real-world experiences. This resource is perfect for a daily reading review activity.

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Curriculum Social Studies Art Learning Styles 98

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 18, 2025

Veterans Day Craft in English and Spanish Manualidad del Día de los Veteranos By Bilingual Scrapbook Grades: K-2nd Available in both English and Spanish, this resource allows students to create a pants-and-boots craft, explore pages about the different branches of the military, or participate in writing prompts.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

This teaching helps students blend ideas, think deeply across fields, and work well with people from varied backgrounds. Drawing from my experience teaching across subjects at Zayed University in Dubai, UAE, I want to share real ways teachers can build and run cross-subject courses that truly help students handle today’s complex world.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

This teaching helps students blend ideas, think deeply across fields, and work well with people from varied backgrounds. Drawing from my experience teaching across subjects at Zayed University in Dubai, UAE, I want to share real ways teachers can build and run cross-subject courses that truly help students handle today’s complex world.

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Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 53

Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

Whether youre teaching elementary students or high schoolers, this strategy works for everyone. 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

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

As teaching and learning increasingly shifted online throughout the early 2000s and 2010s, Turnitin became more embedded in classes. But since her college built it into the system she was already using to read student papers, she found herself checking the automated reports again. This year, the college paid almost $47,000.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

I considered majoring in English since I loved reading, or maybe pre-med for financial stability. What if grade school were designed to teach students how to make decisions and know themselves deeply as much as it taught them math and literacy? Once I got to college, however, my A-student record failed me.

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Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Over 60% of academic vocabulary in English comes from Greek and Latin roots and affixes. Explicit Teach one affix or root at a time. Pick 10–12 roots and affixes to teach over the semester. It’s a foundational shift in how we teach kids to think about words. Let’s teach students how language works, from the inside out.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Music, in particular, has long been an ally of instructors teaching a second language (L2)—a language learned after one’s native tongue—especially since the field transitioned toward a more communicative approach. ”  Journal of language teaching and research  10, no. Instructions: 1. ”  Health promotion practice  15, no.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Over the last nine months, weve worked with eight fellows whose pathways in education are as diverse as they have ever been, including a trauma psychotherapist turned early childhood counselor, a physics teacher with a penchant for storytelling and a Jordan-born immigrant who moved to the United States to pursue her passion for teaching.

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Education Essay Culture Math 116

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Music, in particular, has long been an ally of instructors teaching a second language (L2)—a language learned after one’s native tongue—especially since the field transitioned toward a more communicative approach. ”  Journal of language teaching and research  10, no. Instructions: 1. ”  Health promotion practice  15, no.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Similarly, we think Chickering and Gamson’s approach to teaching applies to the modern day online classroom. We need to find ways to teach, learn, and find the often-elusive work-life balance to slow down and meet faculty needs and improve student engagement. Learning does not occur in isolation. References Bailey, E.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Similarly, we think Chickering and Gamson’s approach to teaching applies to the modern day online classroom. We need to find ways to teach, learn, and find the often-elusive work-life balance to slow down and meet faculty needs and improve student engagement. Learning does not occur in isolation. References Bailey, E.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 66

Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

The Nuance Of Teaching & Learning Research on student motivation illustrates that student motivation is driven largely by the intrinsic desire to accomplish goals: “The fifth family of social–cognitive constructs that has been a major focus of research on student motivation is goals and goal orientation. .”

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Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Try This: Imagine youre teaching a new ecology unit to your 8 th grade science class. Go-To Organizer #2: Show how ideas relate to each other with Venn Diagrams Download templates Venn Diagrams and T-Charts are especially helpful for comparing and contrasting ideas in reading, writing, or discussions.

Language 52

Language Languages Participation Writing 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

ELA class gives middle schoolers the opportunity to write creatively, read imaginative stories, and present their thoughts and opinions to peers. Use these easy and effective ELA activities for middle school to keep students engaged and teach them valuable skills. Then read out definitions and see who can get five in a row first.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Math and English levels among incoming freshmen have improved in the past couple of years, university data show. Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said. Read More: These LA community college students are getting paid to go to school.

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Math English Lecturing High School 88

Reading Power Gear

JUNE 17, 2025

A dual-language edition in English and Mi’gmaq. HighWater Press, 2018) The Land Knows Me: A Nature Walk Exploring Indigenous Wisdom – Leigh Joseph Readers take a walk with a group of children through nature where a guide teaches them about native plants and how the Squamish culture has traditionally used them.

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History Culture Language Languages 66

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Now, the COVID pandemic thrust schools into emergency remote teaching mode virtually overnight. In this conversation, we explore how today’s remote learning differs from that pandemic era emergency teaching. Now give me a version of that course for a student who’s a little bit behind on their reading skills.

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Learning Discussions Gamification Technology 130

eSchool News

JULY 24, 2025

These personnel include those who work specifically with English-language learners and special education students, as well as staff who provide targeted reading and math interventions to struggling students. Half of respondents reported they will have to lay off teachers and personnel.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 16, 2025

But then I started reading your posts and realized that this is what I wanted for my own daughter." There was no way, I thought, that more than a couple dozen people would turn out for this event featuring an English-speaking preschool teacher from a little cooperative school halfway around the world. I have a philosophy?

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Motivation English Questions Writing 90

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Hispanic Heritage Month is an excellent opportunity to teach students about influential Hispanic figures from the past and present. You can also celebrate this important month by showcasing Hispanic history, culture, and the Spanish language in your curriculum, no matter what class you teach.

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Activities Culture English Language 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 29, 2025

We’re not just teaching English; we’re focused on equipping Indian youth with the skills Europe desperately needs. Think about training a young person from a rural Indian town not just to read, but to code, or to become a skilled healthcare professional.

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Skills English Culture Communication 52

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2025

That’s because schools can serve as a safe haven for students, Vivien Villaverde, an associate teaching professor at the University of Southern California and former social worker, told EdSurge previously. When it comes to immigration, that safe status is precisely what’s in doubt.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

How do you decide whether to keep reading a book or to stop reading it? Nature Walk Journal; Nature Scavenger Hunt; Nature Journal Prompt; Outside Guide By Teach Go Green Grades: 3rd-10th Subjects: Environment, Science Guide high schoolers through a writing walk with a nature walk journal. What about 3 hours? What happens next?

High School 52

High School High School Writing Essay 52

1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

JULY 23, 2025

Health & PE , via Compass Classroom ENGLISH We are doing something new and tackling a full literature course. It is possible she will take English at the community college in the spring, so that decision is still tentative. MATH We have used Teaching Textbooks from the beginning with all of my kids and we still love it!

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Grades Curriculum Textbooks History 52

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

I was reading for pleasure. I might not remember much of the content of these books, but I've never forgotten the feeling of accomplishment upon reading the final words on the final page. Martin, the author of The Game of Thrones books, put it, "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, the man who never reads lives only one."

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Reading High School High School Critical Thinking 98

Cal Matters

JULY 23, 2025

Medina credits Mini-Corps tutors with getting her through high school and helping her enroll in college, where she ultimately earned a teaching credential. Several other education programs were also halted, including after-school centers, English learner programs and professional development for teachers. Tutors earn $17.25

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English Language Languages Math 91

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

Its also a great bell ringer journaling activity for English to keep career exploration in your upperclassmens minds. Dance in a school assembly in traditional clothing or teach your classmates a recipe from your culture? Endure thunderous soda slurps during silent reading or nonstop chip crunching in your ear?

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High School High School Questions Schools 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Fun Debate Topics Persuasive Speaking Activity Middle School, High School By Lindsay Ann Learning Grades: 6th-9th Subjects: English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening Standards: CCSS SL.9-10.4, Teach students about the mechanics and value of group debates with a number of persuasive topics. 8; CCRA.SL.4

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

But “there’s an even more basic level of literacy that people need to pick up,” notes the former English teacher and administrator. A core skill that Murphy wants to help students build is argumentation, and the company’s approach to teaching this is built into its name—Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterargument, Audience (CERCA).

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Textbooks Essay English Writing 271

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

More than a third of its students come from low-income families, and one out of every eight students is an English language learner. Stepping Stones takes a unique approach to teaching young students mathematics that is based on decades of research and has proven to be successful for all types of learners.

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Math Exams Coaching Elementary School 224

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

I’ve experienced the phenomenon of reading a text, but when I get to the end of a page or the bottom of the article, I have no idea what the text was about. I could not answer a single question about the content of what I read. Yes, my eyes technically scanned the words, but I wasn’t thinking about what I was reading.

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