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Summarizing: Informational Text

Lesson in Action
Standards: Informational Text • Literacy in History/Social Studies
Ms. Bailey, a veteran 6th grade teacher, wants to help her students strengthen their reading comprehension across all subject areas. In this lesson, students will learn how to craft summaries of...

Supporting Science: Graphing Data

Lesson in Action
Standards: Model with Mathematics
Mrs. Martin’s Grade 5 class is engaged in a science unit on matter. In the previous lesson, they conducted an experiment to study how physical and chemical changes affect the mass of various...

Supporting Vocabulary Acquisition for English Language Learners

Article
Standards: Language
English language learners frequently do not have the breadth and depth of vocabulary needed to comprehend their English and content area texts or to participate in classroom discussions of texts....

Supporting a Data-Driven School Culture

Article
A suite of articles and resources from eSchool News on using data to drive decision making and target instruction.

Switch to Digital Resources within 5 Years, Report Tells States

Research
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Outlines steps for moving towards integrating technology and digital materials into classrooms within five years.

Teacher Playlist: Helping Students Understand Math Problems Using Precise Math Language

Tools and Templates
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Standards: Make Sense of Problems • Attend to Precision
For many students, mathematics word problems are just a jumble of words and numbers. A problem-solving process can help students make sense of problems. They can do this by reading the problem more...

Teacher Playlist: Using Tech to Help Your Students Make Effective Presentation

Tools and Templates
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Standards: Writing • Speaking and Listening
Developing an effective presentation for a specific audience requires students to read, write, speak, and listen. Regardless of the format (e.g., spoken, written, multimedia), prior to making a...

Teachers Support Differentiated Learning Through Professional Development and Collaboration

Video
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In order to keep up with the latest technology and successfully personalize learning for each student, teachers at Forest Lake Elementary plan lessons together, build a strong support network, and...

Teaching Comprehension and Text Structure in the Content Areas

Article
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Standards: Literature • Informational Text • Literacy in History/Social Studies • Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects
"The Common Core standards place significant emphasis on comprehension and text structure instruction for increasingly more complex text that is both narrative and informational (Common Core, 2010)....

Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers

Research
"This guide, developed by a panel of experts, presents four recommendations that educators can use to increase writing achievement for elementary students and help them succeed in school and society...

Teaching Students about Online Safety

Article
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Many parents and teachers of children with disabilities are well aware of the potential for in-class bullying and are able to take steps to stop bullying before it starts, but what about the ...

Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Part II: Evidence-Based Practices

Video
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This video is the second part of a series on using evidenced-based instructional strategies with students who have intellectual disabilities. 

Teaching Word Meanings as Concepts

Article
Standards: Foundational Skills • Language
This article discusses specific techniques that have proven successful in teaching word meanings as concepts. “Concept of Definition Maps”, “Semantic Mapping”, “Semantic Feature Mapping”, “Possible...

Teaching Writing

Video
Standards: Writing
Featuring Dr. Steven Graham, Dr. Louisa Moats, and Dr. Susan Neuman, this video shows a discussion about teaching writing. These three renowned reading and writing experts address why writing is...

Teaching Writing in an Assessment Era: Passion and Practice

Webinar
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In this broadcast, directors and teacher-consultants from the San Jose Area Writing Project discuss 

Teaching algebra to students with learning difficulties: An investigation of an explicit instruction model

Research
Standards: Reason Abstractly
The study examined the effectiveness of an explicit concrete-to-representational-to-abstract (CRA) sequence of instruction. Participating students were randomly assigned to the CRA treatment group or...

Teaching and Learning: Using iPads in the Classroom

Article
This article looks at some of the ways iPads and apps can be used in the classroom to enhance student learning.

Teaching expressive writing to students with learning disabilities: A meta-analysis.

Research
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Standards: Writing
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to summarize the impact of process-writing interventions (i.e., writing, editing, and reviewing) on students with learning disabilities (LD). The interventions...

Teaching morphemic and contextual analysis to fifth-grade students

Research
Standards: Language
The study examined the effectiveness of using morphemic and contextual analysis on vocabulary learning and reading comprehension. Students were randomly assigned to groups of morphemic-only...

Tech Research Brief: Captioning to Support Literacy

Article
Standards: Foundational Skills
The use of captioned or subtitled media can be a great tool for teachers looking to differentiate classroom instruction. Consider using captioned or subtitled media whenever and wherever you use...

Teaching Strategies

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School-wide Tech Implementation

Supporting Struggling Students