Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Even if a student has never seen the word, they can reason: autobiographer is a person who writes the story of their own life. Best Practices for Morphology Instruction Research and classroom-tested practices agree: effective morphology instruction in upper elementary is: 1. Take the word autobiographer. That’s the power of morphology.

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Teach Hub

JULY 18, 2025

When you think of rote learning, chances are you picture students writing their spelling words five times each or chanting times tables together. Before a student is able to solve a complex math problem, they must know their math facts. Even test preparation becomes easier when students can recall facts instantly under pressure.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

UC Riverside found that math and writing skills were lower among the students who graduated from high school during the pandemic than for previous high school graduates. In 2019, before COVID, about 13% of incoming freshmen entered UC Riverside at the lowest math level. Their academic shortfalls and social isolation took a toll.

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Teacher Mood

JULY 6, 2025

Students know when the day lacks structure, and they tend to respond with off-task behavior, testing boundaries, or simply shutting down. It feels like a game, but they’re practicing decoding and letter-sound relationships AND writing the entire time. One year, I asked to move from first grade to an open fourth grade math position.

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Teachers Classroom Management Activities Writing 52

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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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Tunstalls Teaching Tidbits

MAY 17, 2025

Each packet includes 40 pages of math and literacy activities tailored to the grade level, ensuring your students stay sharp over the break. These classroom-tested resources are designed to help you end the year with purpose, ease, and joy. Use them to review in school or send them home in the fun student buckets.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Virtual Whiteboards: These online tools replicate the traditional classroom whiteboard—and in some cases, students can even write or draw on them too. They benefit visual learners, particularly those involving diagrams, math problems, or brainstorming sessions. Or how might a math formula apply to planning a trip or building something?

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Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

Sink or Float Challenge Test a variety of household items in water. LEGO Zip Line Use string, pulleys, and LEGO figures to build and test a zip line. Measure Trees With Math Teach estimation and basic trigonometry by measuring a tree’s shadow and comparing it to a known height (like a yardstick). Test and redesign.

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STEM Activities Math Discussions 52

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 We all have those moments as homeschool parents when we look at our kids and think, “Are you really getting this, or should I start googling ‘math tutors near me’?” to “I’ve got this!”

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

For example, theyre using AI to offer writing feedback and to teach students about civics by developing voter registration chatbots. One group effort, backed by The Learning Accelerator, is the School Teams AI Collaborative, which has dozens of educators from schools across the country experimenting with and evaluating AI-enabled instruction.

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k12

JUNE 24, 2025

However, my coolest high school classes are probably my forensic science course, my 3D animation course, and my practical math course, which teaches me how to complete important life math like filing taxes and understanding credit. I also enjoy writing very much. Sometimes more if there’s a test coming up.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

The lessons included real-world scenarios for using drones, like finding a lost child, that often appeal to young girls, and writing exercises to remind kids of what they’re good at before they try something hard. Families also got to put their building skills to the test. It’s really for any kid with a barrier.”

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Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 21, 2025

Even as an eight-year-old, I thought the physics of that sounded off, but I sure didn't want to test it. Cultures of domination," writes bell hooks, "rely on the cultivation of fear as a way to ensure obedience." In our society," writes hooks, "we make much of love and say little about fear.

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Motivation Culture Quizzes Writing 90

Teach Thought

JULY 17, 2025

Demonstrate the think-alouds, reflective writing, metacognitive conversations, and other human practices and habits that lead to learning, and then reflect again on their impact. Have them publish their thinking in writing or on a podcast. Require them to revisit old ideas, old writing, and old projects. Where they fell short.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

From riddles you can use as icebreakers and bell ringers to riddles made just for science and math, we’ve got plenty of head scratchers and brain teasers to keep the learning going (with a few giggles in between!). Test your students’ funny bones and critical thinking skills with these science-themed riddles and jokes.

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High School High School Schools Math 52

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? Practice perspective-taking by exploring pros and cons How strong are your students’ arguments when testing against a counterargument?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

It’s easy to see why when you look at fundamental programming concepts: abstraction and symbolism – variables are common in math, but also in education. debugging – write-edit-rewrite; try, fail, try again. Students now write directions for which color is poured into what squares to create their drawing.

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Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

Consider writing your learning objectives in I can statements that are simple, concrete, and kid-friendly. I can solve multi-step math problems using equations. Quick writes: Give students a prompt and one to two minutes to jot down their thoughts. Try going back and checking your math.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Feedback Essay 79

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

APRIL 17, 2019

Historically, students have been led to believe that they are either destined to be good at math or that they just “aren’t a math person.” Our approach to teaching mathematics began as a journey toward equity in math class. Related: How our district is making math relevant. Turning math class into a conversation.

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Math Testing Writing Activities 279

eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

When Salvador Quijada, a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Philip’s Academy Charter School, thinks back on his own journey as a mathematician, he gives credit to one high school math teacher who pushed him to take on AP calculus. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

When state testing season arrives, classroom routines can quickly fall apart. In this blog, I’ll share six strategies that encourage students to explore, create, reflect, and connecteven during the testing season. Writing a diary entry from that persons perspective. Then, guide them in reflecting on whats changed and why.

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Testing Learning Critical Thinking Essay 195

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

After politics and religion, few issues are as contentious as standardized tests. To some, standardized testing overwhelms our schools and helps eradicate differences between students. Whatever your thoughts, there’s no denying that students are taking lots of tests. students were taking about eight tests a year.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The global health crisis forced students out of the physical classroom and into a new virtual world for nearly two grades, and their initial homework and test scores reveal a significant decrease in knowledge transfer, social skills, and core learning habits across a variety of subjects.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Researchers at California Polytechnic State University conducted a study in 1994, which showed conclusively that the group that was given a random assortment of pitches did much better in the post test than the group that received blocked pitches—several of one kind followed by several of another—and the control group. The problem?

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Math Testing Coaching Assignments 216

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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History Physical Education Art Essay 382

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. We want a curriculum to be multidimensional—to have kids experience maths in lots of different ways.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Students using Front Row’s adaptive, gamified technology increased end-of-year test scores by nearly 10 percentage points over those who did not. In addition to the Front Row math program, the company also provides a language arts program through Front Row ELA, which include both writing and reading components.

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Study Math Testing Achievement 184

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

In many classrooms, success still depends on how well a student fits onto a single, familiar bell curve–the one measuring traditional academic achievement in subjects like math, reading, and writing. Another may be a natural artist but find abstract math concepts confusing. But we havent gone far enough.

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Failure Math Achievement Beliefs 311

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2025

When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. That has consequences.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

When papers need grading or test scores need tracking, AI steps in. When a student struggles with math anxiety or needs encouragement after a tough day, they need more than algorithmic responses–they need human connection. Will AI replace teachers? Will AI replace teachers? Good teachers use AI as a helpful classroom aide.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

New national test scores, released Monday, reveal that the disruption may have been even more severe than already anticipated. Over the last two-and-a-half years, students’ math and reading scores saw a historic decline, according to the results of a Congressionally-mandated test—known as the “nation’s report card.”

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Carnegie Learning’s math solution helped them achieve even higher. Our SBAC data was the best we’ve had for math in 25 years! And we did not teach to the test. We just used Carnegie Learning Math.” We just used Carnegie Learning Math.” Carnegie Learning math moved everybody up.”

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Math History Learning Achievement 265

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Standardized tests are an important part of a linguistic profile, but we need to also consider a student’s background and exposure – what languages they speak at home and with whom do they speak those languages – in order to build a more comprehensive picture. Teachers should make efforts not to turn to the whiteboard to write while speaking.

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English Languages Language Testing 310

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Has the math brand become toxic? His critique, in a nutshell: math instruction has become too fixated on computation—solving for x , for example—and removed from real-world applications and data. Conrad Wolfram EdSurge: How did your interest in math begin? And, were you always good at math as a child?

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Math Curriculum Interdisciplinary English 168

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

They’re often ineffective as a teaching tool, they’re easy for students to cheat, and they can exacerbate test anxiety. Yet more professors seem to be turning to the format these days, as teaching loads and class sizes grow, since multiple-choice quizzes and tests can be easily graded by machines.

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