Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

All you need is designated time in your class, the right writing materials, and a prompt that really inspires them. This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) ” You’ll also find tips for getting middle schoolers to write in every class. Yes, even math!

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2025

They’re policies, they’re history and they’re hurting kids. And until it doesn’t, I’ll keep teaching, mothering, writing, and shouting — because this isn’t just policy. But neighborhood school policies , which tie school enrollment to residential addresses, can also reinforce racial and class-based segregation. So what can we do?

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Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

Talk about how famous people like Albert Einstein, Whoopi Goldberg, and John Lennon all had learning disabilities but overcame them with hard work and dedication and still made history. For example, if they’re writing an essay, help them focus on just the intro first. Discuss how Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Whoopi Goldberg, etc.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

GPA’ misses about a learner, their interests, their history, their progress, and their potential. ‘Writing,’ for example, can become ‘Expert and self-initiated application of the ‘revision’ step of the writing process.’ Consider how much ‘3.2

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

High schoolers write a lot every school day. How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? Thats where daily writing prompts come in! Write a thank-you note to someone in your life. Have students write to the prompt before class begins. Do you like watching sports live or on TV?

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Lab to Class

JULY 3, 2025

Having a helper student up front helping to write things on the board, answer and ask questions, and be a part of demonstrations. History classes could have a short roleplay with a student where they have a mock debate where the teacher and the student play opposing historical characters or viewpoints.

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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. Every single day we seem to move closer to a society that simply doesn’t read.

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Reading Power Gear

JULY 15, 2025

Full of magic, humour with a focus on the power of writing ! With the help of a few accomplices, they target a local food truck and pull off the greatest heist in squirrel history! Lovely family and friendship dynamics woven in. A great series for your classroom! Random House Graphic, 2020) Thanks for stopping by!

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

No Prep Ta and Ti-Ti Music Worksheets By Aileen Miracle Grade: 1st-2nd Using the ta and ti-ti notes, students read and write patterns, copy patterns, and color patterns. 90s Music Bingo Game Retro class reward activity, 1990s history, 90s Spirit Day By Enharmonic Education Rock your ’90s day with a fun Bingo game perfect for all ages.

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k12

JUNE 27, 2025

It’s common to find condensed, focused summer courses in: Math Science Reading or English History Summer school curriculum isn’t designed to balance multiple courses. That’s because preventing summer learning loss and catching up are two of the top goals for summer students.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

In the introduction to his book Humankind: a Hopeful History , Rutger Bregman writes: "If we believe most people can’t be trusted, that’s how we’ll treat each other, to everyone’s detriment. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years. Because ultimately, you get what you expect to get.

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k12

JULY 7, 2025

Whether you’re looking for a quick math refresher, an engaging science video, or a writing prompt that’ll make your kid say, “That was fun!”—K12 Subject Areas (math, language arts, science, history, and more) – Your child can go from “I hate math!” This super-flexible tool is the secret weapon you didn’t know you were missing.

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k12

JUNE 24, 2025

I also enjoy writing very much. While I don’t write my own stories frequently, I love drafting new ideas for written pieces. History has been my favorite this year because I’ve learned about the economy and how it’s regulated. I like to read lots of different books, and my library is huge because of it. I really enjoy science.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

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. Frida Kahlo Door Decor Set – Spanish by SraDavilaMadwid Subjects: Art History, Spanish Make Frida Kahlo and her work the focus of your classroom before you even open the door.

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k12

JULY 9, 2025

Last semester, I took both English and history at the college level, which somewhat freed up my schedule this semester. I also work on writing scripts for my YouTube videos. Right now, I have a fairly light high school course load, consisting of English, science, algebra, and some career-focused extracurriculars.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

She no longer feels comfortable inviting students in her argument and persuasion class to discuss and write about politics and current events. We do all these DEI trainings, and our kids still can’t read and write on grade level,” she said. “We We still have a 30-percentage-point gap between Black and white students. It isn’t working.”

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Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 28, 2025

For most of human history "school" was life itself and that doesn't bore anyone. If they can't see how reading or writing will translate into a paycheck or immediate benefit, they're often uninterested. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years. It has always been a bore.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

When Illich was writing, our kindergartens and preschools, and even, for the most part, our elementary schools, were far less school-ish than they are today. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years. Recesses were long and frequent. Art, music, and stories stood at the center of the school day.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 27, 2025

For most of human history this wasn't even something we had to think about. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years. In other words, the evolutionarily necessary urge to play has essentially been banned in our schools and replaced by a system of rewards and punishments. When will we wake up?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2017

With a little creativity, educators can use Minecraft with history, math, writing and language arts, foreign language, and more. Is it any wonder, then, that educators are incorporating the popular block-based game into their curriculum?

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Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 1, 2025

History and philosophy, I think, are often better guides when it comes to the future than these secular prophets. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years. But more importantly, the children in our lives are not their future selves and our world is not the future world. I've written since 2009.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Facilitate a respectful discussion when you bring these controversial debate topics or writing prompts for high school to your classroom Are immigration laws in the United States fair? Should high schools give up one year of history in favor of a financial literacy class? Bring in debate topics after a persuasive writing unit.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

Obviously there are people who write to us and say, ‘thank you so much — now I can access the books that have been taken away from me,’” said Mikel. But the fact is that these young people are accessing books that are not controversial at all.”

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 24, 2021

So, I’ve created the following idea documents brainstorming learning activities that teachers in math, English, and history may find helpful as they plan for their station rotation lessons. History: Station Rotation Ideas. When I work with history teachers, I adapt and use many of the strategies I employed in my English class.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

Personalized paths, oral histories, and local histories are strategies that resonate with the NCSS definition to bring the human experience into the K-12 classroom, because these strategies allow students to determine how their life fits into the story of history and to discover why the past matters to them.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

eighth gradersstruggle with long-form writing on tests and classwork. Not only does this affect their ability to communicate effectively, it also affects their reading skills, because writing and literacy are closely linked. Writing improves students reading fluency. According to one analysis ,half of U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The art of writing, invented roughly 5,000 years ago, represents a blip in human history. In short: Writing remains a new feat of technology. Despite its relative youth, writing has evolved into a vital skill. Despite its relative youth, writing has evolved into a vital skill. We’re still figuring it out. .

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As teachers and professors look for ways to guard against the use of AI to cheat on homework, many have started asking students to share the history of their online documents to check for signs that a bot did the writing. Can process tracking turn out to be the answer to checking student work for authenticity?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, today announced the release of its new print and digital high school history series, US History Interactive ©2022 and World History Interactive ©2022 , that promotes a deeper investigation of the past and connects history to the present.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

This is especially true of history texts, which attempt to distill complex and contrasting events into simple, linear narratives, often at the expense of nuance and unpleasant truths. Yet despite these limitations, textbooks are still the most popular way to teach and learn history. So these are politicians, not teachers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

What was the point of living through history if you didn’t record it? Britannica Kids goes on to list the different kinds of documentation that might qualify as a primary source to include “any piece of writing, image, film, sound recording, or human-made object can be a primary source.” Writing a song. Unprecedented.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

This includes small group discussions, practice problems, experiments, retrieval practice or writing practice, as well as my favorite component, the teacher-led station. She is a veteran social studies teacher who has taught Sociology, US History, World History, Anthropology, and Psychology.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubric Criteria Research on a problem Solution design Communication and collaboration California English Language Arts Writing Standards Grade 7 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Teachers do not need to write lengthy comments on student work to justify a grade.

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Fairness Assignments Feedback Language 545

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Option 1 Science: Design a new experiment to test a scientific hypothesis Science: Write a research paper on an environmental issue Math: Solve a set of problems and explain your solutions in a video tutorial Math: Develop a math game that helps others learn about a mathematical concept or process English : Write an essay analyzing the symbolism in (..)

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. It’ll start with a plot of land and students will write the story, cast the characters, create the entire 1776 world. Players have one goal: To survive. Again, think Legos.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading. This strategy activates thinking throughout a reading task.

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