Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Explore different classroom setup ideas to see which might work best for your classroom size and layout, your current students, and your different lessons. Flexible Seating: Best for adapting to students’ individual needs 4. Group Pods: Best for small group collaboration 7. Table of Contents 1.

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Classroom Management Discussions Grades Lecturing 98

Teach Hub

APRIL 30, 2025

Keeping students engaged is a daily goal that teachers are always trying to hit, and for good reason: its directly tied to how much students learn and retain. Simply stepping outside can make a noticeable difference in your students attention and energy levels. Try beginning with a simple nature walk.

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Activities Teaching Learning Attention 81

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 18, 2025

Stocked with a few extra essentials for a high school math classroom, it’s a small way to set students up for success and eliminate pauses. These innovative tools are perfect for your parents’ wish list or to keep on hand for those moments when students need a fresh approach.

High School 52

High School High School Math Schools 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

When science students combine their natural curiosity with engineering know-how, the sky’s the limit (literally, if you’re working on rockets)! Over the course of a week, groups of students design the most break-proof phone case they can with a variety of materials (including a calculator to use instead of a phone).

Middle School 52

Middle School Middle School Schools Science 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

How do you get students interacting when they’re feeling shy, all while keeping your class management under control? Use these ice breakers for high school students on the first day of class or when starting a new semester. Try out these ice breakers for high school students to get kids out of their seats and their comfort zones.

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From the Pond

JULY 12, 2025

. 🖍️ Get the posters here on TpT → Why Teachers Love These Posters Here’s what makes these number posters so versatile and teacher-friendly: Perfect for Building a Math Wall or Number Line - Create a dedicated math space that helps students visually connect to numbers every day. Ready to bring some number fun into your classroom?

Math 52

Math Group work Skills Grades 52

Jodi Durgin

JULY 13, 2025

These Lucky Charms math activities are perfect for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students. Patrick’s Day activities so you can choose what is best for your students. It’s great for centers, small group work, early finisher tasks, and whole group instruction. Patrick’s Day activities for elementary students.

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Activities Math Learning Styles Students 52

Organized Classroom

MAY 29, 2025

This section is for class sizes of 28 or more students. While all the photos show options for 28 students, feel free to place additional students on the end of groups, or add additional groups, if needed. This type of seating would be ideal for small group work. 188 pages in total!

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Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

Assessment is an essential part of instruction and plays a key role in every students learning journey. While there are plenty of ways to assess students, the process can sometimes feel time-consuming and overwhelming. However, its a powerful tool for guiding instruction, providing feedback, and helping students grow.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Feedback Essay 78

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Video Description: Collaboration is essential to students’ learning.

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Group work Motivation Assignments Students 153

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2023

Educator Jen Manly, left, and EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo address the audience during a discussion about the challenges students face while doing group work. Why does group work suck so much? The first question I'm gonna answer is the second one, which is, why do people assign group work?

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Group work Teachers Students Instructors 148

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 2, 2016

According to a Gallup Student Poll (2015) of public school children, 47% report being “disengaged” at school. Too many classrooms are not set up with the intention of engaging students. ” As a teacher, it’s my job to engage student curiosity, interest and passion in relation to the curriculum.

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Learning Students Lecturing Attention 420

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to watch the video at Common Sense Education.

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Group work Assignments Skills Teaching 129

eSchool News

JULY 30, 2020

So much of the support we offer our students with dyslexia is centered around small group work during our intervention block. The keys to overcoming that challenge were the same for us as they were for educators across the country: keeping in touch with students, using the right tools, and being as flexible as possible.

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Distance Learning Learning Students Group work 332

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

Many students have been learning remotely–or may have been learning in-person , but the structure of the day was far from normal. Without a doubt, many students have lost some of their social and motor skills. What do we do to help our students regain these “educational muscles?” If you don’t use it, you lose it, right?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 13, 2024

In elementary education, incorporating hands-on activities, promoting group work, and using visual aids are crucial for effective learning. experiments, manipulatives, and real-world problem-solving tasks) require logical thinking and reasoning, which helps students grasp complex concepts. Hands-on activities (i.e.,

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Cognitive Development Students Secondary Education Assignments 288

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. We gave students a similar assignment at the end of the semester, either on their own or in groups.

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Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. We gave students a similar assignment at the end of the semester, either on their own or in groups.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

Key points: Students can’t learn if they’re having trouble listening Tech tools and sound amplification can help combat classroom noise pollution Learning depends on listening. The result is classroom noise pollution that causes distraction and discomfort for students and teachers.

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Students Group work Testing Teachers 293

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Once simply a quiet space to check out books, libraries have evolved to provide students with a holistic and interactive learning experience. Traditional beige, rigid layouts with rows of bookshelves and tables have given way to open, adaptable spaces that accommodate group work, discussions and various learning activities.

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Schools Students Hybrid Learning Textbooks 269

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Using technology can give students a better experience and prepare them for the tech-based worlds of college and career. However, as a paraeducator, I see how the most basic uses of classroom technology can create barriers for my students–especially those who struggle with executive functions. I push them to speak up.

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Students Disabilities Group work Special Education 274

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2019

Exeter (CA) Unified School District is a small, rural district with approximately 2,800 students, 61 percent of whom are Hispanic and 62 percent of whom are socioeconomically disadvantaged. Approximately one in seven of our students are English language learners. Starting with the standards.

Achievement 246

Achievement Students Coaching Math 246

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

When I look at the various articles and comments in the Teaching Professor collection, group work continues to be a regular topic. From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively.

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Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 64

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

When I look at the various articles and comments in the Teaching Professor collection, group work continues to be a regular topic. From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively.

Group work 59

Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 59

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Without a crystal ball that tells us exactly what skills our students will need in the future job market, AV projects are a great place to begin preparing students. Teachers can leverage classroom technology such as projectors, headsets, audio systems and more to prepare students. Group presentations. Report building .

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Critical Thinking Students Communication Group work 204

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Teachers juggling the concurrent classroom with some students physically attending class and others joining remotely via video conferencing are trying to balance the demands of teaching in two learning landscapes simultaneously. That way, students can dedicate their cognitive resources to other activities or tasks.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Discussions 546

Catlin Tucker

MAY 5, 2016

Students rotate through various stations in the classroom with at least one station being an online station. Stations can be composed of a variety of activities (including, but not limited to): Teacher-led small group instruction. Collaborative small group work. This model does exactly what its name suggests.

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Blended Learning Research Design Writing Art 420

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2021

We talked about the importance of nurturing a learning community over time and providing regular opportunities for students to engage with each other to build relationships. This work developing the social presence in our courses and helping students feel valued as members of a learning community must be ongoing.

Beliefs 494

Beliefs Discussions Assignments Blended Learning 494

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2015

Many traditional teachers are reluctant to transition from a teacher-centered classroom to a student-centered classroom. They fear that the classroom will plunge into chaos if students are given the autonomy to make decisions and drive learning. By contrast, the student-centered approach places the focus on the students.

Teaching 405

Teaching Assignments Group work Skills 405

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

As a former social studies educator and current learning specialist, my idea of nirvana is to help grow students who can examine issues from multiple perspectives. Eight years ago, our district began training teachers in cooperative learning as a strategy to maximize student engagement. Group work vs. cooperative learning.

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Learning Social Studies Participation Group work 279

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In my observations of thousands of teachers, I’ve noticed that sometimes the smallest tweak in instructional approaches reaps the biggest impact, and group work is no exception. Grouping Structures When determining how students will tackle a task, our options are to have students work independently, with a partner, or in a group.

Group work 52

Group work Assignments Communication Questions 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Multimedia learning tools play an important role in classrooms in a number of ways–including, but not limited to, boosting creativity, encouraging student engagement, and helping students learn to collaborate. Shy students may come out of their shells when allowed to give a presentation via blog post or podcast.

Learning Tools 288

Learning Tools Learning Assignments Group work 288

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Students can be excellent little actors in a traditional classroom, going through the motions of “ studenting ,” but not learning much. And he’s found that in this common classroom format, very few students are actually thinking: maybe no more than 20 percent of them, and only 20 percent of the time, according to his experiments.

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Teaching Students Writing Curriculum 217

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

“I hope it works, I hope it works,” I muttered to myself as Tonja, the student teacher in our classroom, logged into Zoom to reach the remote learners in our class. I didn’t get much time to interact with students. They were used by students to play games and practice basic math skills. And there was no pandemic.

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Teaching Teachers Students Math 216

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Plus, it can leave students feeling disconnected from the scientific process, because they’re really just following instructions rather than actively exploring and discovering. As a science teacher for grades 1-3, I wanted to create a completely different science lab experience for my young students. It connected to our NGSS work.

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Science Critical Thinking STEM Textbooks 309

eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Learning requires a great deal of vulnerability, and there’s no doubt that educators need to earn the trust and respect of their students. At the end of the day, it’s up to the educator to make the connections with students that will enable learning and keep building on a sense of community.

Classroom Management 285

Classroom Management Laboratory Languages Language 285

eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2023

When I was a new teacher, there was a program we were all supposed to use in class for a certain number of hours each week, and I made sure that my students met those requirements—but I didn’t really have any idea what they were doing. What do students actually see as they interact with it? Use tech to focus on your students.

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Grades Reading Group work Activities 325