Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

In a course that requires out-of-class reading, that conversation is highly reliant on students doing their part and completing the assigned reading.However, in recent semesters, students engaging in focused reading in which they annotate text is dwindling. There is a notable drop off in the reading and conversations.In

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

I’m picturing a lot of family time, slower mornings, and leisure reading in my future, but I also like to spend some time brushing up on my teaching skills each summer. Must-Read Professional Development Book Recommendations from Current Teachers A good read can be just what you need to spark new ideas and inspiration for next year!

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. My first attempt at alternative assessment didnt go very well.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 25, 2025

You can also weave in Howard Gardners theory of multiple intelligences to figure out how your students best express themselves; some shine when they write, others when they build, act, or code. Plus, having an outside audience can be a powerful motivator. Help them channel those interests into their projects.

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Students Communication Intelligence Motivation 94

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Create Your Own Verse   Each group writes a new verse that matches the song’s style and rhythm. They may ask ChatGPT for assistance: “Help us write a new verse for this song in the same style.”

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

Two of these authors Dr. Michelle Rivers and Dr. Janell Blunt shared theirs on the podcast you can listen to our conversation in the player above or read the full transcript. “You want just enough to get people motivated, but not so much that people feel anxious,” Blunt explains. The strategies are summarized below.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives” (p. Simple Course Design Supports Student Success Darby (2019) writes about how students can easily become overwhelmed by online classes and may struggle using the institution’s portal or LMS. Dr. Jennifer P.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 67

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives” (p. Simple Course Design Supports Student Success Darby (2019) writes about how students can easily become overwhelmed by online classes and may struggle using the institution’s portal or LMS. Dr. Jennifer P.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 66

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Create Your Own Verse   Each group writes a new verse that matches the song’s style and rhythm. They may ask ChatGPT for assistance: “Help us write a new verse for this song in the same style.”

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Language Languages Instructors Culture 64

Elevate k12

JUNE 30, 2025

It provides noncredit-bearing instruction that is directly aligned to students’ academic IEP goals , typically in areas like reading, writing, or math. Many shared that they felt supported, motivated, and eager to participate in lessons tailored just for them.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

Writing is used to assess student learning more often than it is used to facilitate learning. We talk about writing as a product for assessment, a subject where paragraphs and commas are taught, or a skill that one either has developed or lacks. Rarely do we hear people, even teachers, discuss writing as a process for learning.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

Whether it’s hearing an author share about the creative writing process, exchanging postcards with students in another part of the world, or even attending a mystery Zoom with a special guest, these moments help students see how we’re all connected. It can also inspire students to spend more time on their own writing!

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Writing Questions Discussions Activities 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

A good classroom management system, a novel list, and a set of writing prompts go a long way to set students and teachers up for success. Provide relevant reading materials 5. Keep writing prompts on hand 6. Use bold, easy-to-read poster cutouts to display common ELA concepts around your classroom as a word wall.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

We tag-teamed – every morning, I taught all the math, reading, and writing, and in the afternoon he would teach science and social studies. We read approximately 5,000 picture books together during snack time, finished 10+ novel studies together, and I even created an entire unit based on going to four different Pumpkin Patches.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 3, 2025

Morning Meeting If you’re brand new to morning meeting, you can read allll about how it works in upper elementary here ! Snowball GREETING: Each child writes their name on a piece of paper, crumples it up, and throws it into the middle of the circle. To set it up, place a cup upside down with a lifesaver gummy inside.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. The Motive It is unknown whether Ruiz intended to cheat in New York or if the opportunity merely presented itself and she took it.

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

Whether students step into the classroom or hang out in the counseling office, it’s the perfect time to spark motivation and help them set meaningful goals. Stories of Our Summer : Create printouts of little books and have each student write a story about a favorite summer activity or a favorite book they read.

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Schools Counselling Math Motivation 98

k12

JULY 10, 2025

Here are some of the benefits of prioritizing online engagement: Improved learning outcomes Increased motivation and self-esteem Enhanced understanding and retention Reduced isolation and increased community Improved completion rates These are the kinds of outcomes every parent hopes for. That can lead to distractions or a drop in motivation.

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Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

If you read that and immediately thought of Mister Rogers, you're probably a child of the 70's. but I wish he were more motivated." "I The most important thing each of us can know is our unique gift and how to use it in the world," writes bontantist and philosopher Robin Wall Kimmerer in her book Braiding Sweetgrass.

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Evaluation Writing Motivation Testing 108

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! How do you decide whether to keep reading a book or to stop reading it? Write a thank-you note to someone in your life. What about 3 hours?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

Decode music notation with engaging activities Reading and understanding music can be hard for young learners to grasp. 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. But it’s not impossible.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 18, 2025

Write down your goals and refer back to them often. When you see something is working well in your classroom, it will motivate you to keep learning and trying new things. So, cozy up on your couch like you’re ready to read a good book, open up your laptop, and dive in. What do you want to get out of the program?

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Participation Learning Styles Motivation Classroom Management 52

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. Likewise, 25% of freshmen entered the university at the lowest writing level in 2019. The following year 29% of incoming students started at the lowest writing level.

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k12

JUNE 24, 2025

I love to read! I’ve been creative since a young age, and reading has always helped fuel my creativity. I like to read lots of different books, and my library is huge because of it. I also enjoy writing very much. While I don’t write my own stories frequently, I love drafting new ideas for written pieces.

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Schools Grades Students Online Learning 52

Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 16, 2025

We were embracing this radical idea that, through play, through their self-selected activities, the children in our care were learning to be self-motived, to work well with others, to be critical thinkers, and, most of all, to love learning. But then I started reading your posts and realized that this is what I wanted for my own daughter."

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Motivation English Questions Writing 83

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2025

My X friends gave me great suggestions, but first: A comment on the selections : I did get more than I could list so I avoided books with hot-button subjects teachers are divided on and focused on positive and uplifting reading. Or read them all. This is no ordinary teaching book.

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Reading Education Classroom Management Intelligence 92

Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 28, 2025

It is always relevant and motivating because it is derived from life itself. If they can't see how reading or writing will translate into a paycheck or immediate benefit, they're often uninterested. Intrinsic motivation -- the kind that keeps you learning even when something gets hard -- is fading."

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Learning, in my experience, is primarily a process of self-motivated individuals interacting with their environment and the people they find there. Illich pulls no punches and it can be painful to read him, even for someone like me who has spent is career outside the currents of modern education. I've written since 2009.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 27, 2025

The motivation to keep the game going, as Peter Gray points out in his book Free to Learn , is a powerful motivator in many of these social bonding games. Most of the time when I watch children wrestle, they are looking into one another's faces, beaming, but also "reading" expressions as a way to understand where those limits are.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In our newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom with UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I guide teachers in creating the time and space to support all parts of the writing process in the classroom. If there is only one pathway provided, students may question their ability to complete a writing task successfully.

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Assignments Writing Feedback Motivation 457

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 8, 2015

My 90 minute English class begins with 15 minutes of silent sustained reading every day. I prioritize this time because I know students won’t love every book we read as part of our curriculum. I want to give them the opportunity and time to read anything that interests them. My students LOVE silent sustained reading.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. Speaking and writing are about producing the language, requiring a different mental muscle from learners. Above-average writing skills are a must here to succeed.

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Writing Skills Essay Languages 283

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2023

The student understands the underlying motives driving the character’s behavior here. Was early exposure to texting crimping our students’ ability to write correctly? To engage in the critical thinking process that underpins the ability to write? But there are some problems with this response. Our joking masked a real concern.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

The moves came prior to the motivation. Cravings are the drives that motivate us to act. Building up a habit like the one I have done for exercise involves both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for most people. The most common homework given to students in most classes is reading.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. Instead of forbidding generative AI tools, it’s critical that teachers show students how and when it’s appropriate to use AI in student writing.

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Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 326

eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Texthelp ®, a leading education technology company focused on helping learners of all ages and abilities improve their reading, writing, and math skills, today announced the launch of WriQ ®, a cloud-based writing assessment and achievement tool. It highlights a number of key challenges for U.S. The report analyzed U.S.

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Writing Gamification Motivation Evaluation 256

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

If we wish to see continued success, we will need to use everything the science of reading has taught us and provide students with a healthy diet of explicit literacy instruction that includes foundational skills like decoding, in addition to building content knowledge and higher-order comprehension strategies.

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