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Quick and easy SEL activities for students… Quick and easy SEL activities for students of any age Social-emotional learning (SEL) is all about helping students understand and manage their emotions, build strong relationships, and make responsible decisions—all critical skills for social and academic success. Although teaching SEL skills might sound like one…
September 20, 2024 Karen Sloan Filed Under: Carnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + TEACHING
Create Culturally Responsive Tasks with the Hope… Create Culturally Responsive Tasks with the Hope Wheel Dr. Dolly Chugh came up with an illustrative example that might well be the analogy of the decade when, in 2016, she described implicit bias using a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. “I somehow know…
August 09, 2024 Kelly Denzler Filed Under: Carnegie LearningFuture ReadyLONG + LIVE + TEACHINGProfessional LearningTeaching Strategies
Addressing Linguistic Bias to Create a Culturally… Addressing Linguistic Bias to Create a Culturally Responsive World Language Classroom When I was a brand new Spanish teacher, linguistic bias was not something I was consciously thinking about. I had an alternative certification on the one hand, a decades-old textbook on the other, and no…
May 26, 2023 Janet Boring Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
The Power of Pulse Checks in the… The Power of Pulse Checks in the ELA Classroom Flash back to 2018 to one of the cringiest moments in my ELA teaching career. I was eight years in—so not a newbie— and I had a toolbox of strategies that had worked in the…
January 10, 2023 Heather Sampselle Filed Under: English Language ArtsCarnegie LearningProfessional LearningTeaching Strategies
Sustainable Tutoring: The Best Ways to Set… Sustainable Tutoring: The Best Ways to Set Up Your High-Dosage Tutoring Research has confirmed that high-dosage tutoring is one of the most effective methods for getting students on grade level and keeping them there. But how do you make tutoring sustainable for your school or district?…
November 29, 2022 Emily Anderson, PhD Filed Under: Carnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
8 Reading Strategies That Are Better Than… 8 Reading Strategies That Are Better Than Round Robins Most literacy experts agree that strategies like round robin reading and its variations are no longer effective teaching strategies. English teachers have known for years that these activities don't work, so why are they so…
September 22, 2022 Emily Anderson, PhD Filed Under: English Language ArtsTeaching Strategies
Fast ForWord: A Language and Reading Intervention… Fast ForWord: A Language and Reading Intervention with Strong Evidence Make the most of your precious time by implementing a reading intervention that's proven to work! Explore the evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of the Fast ForWord reading and language program, and rest easy knowing…
September 01, 2022 Carnegie Learning Filed Under: English Language Arts
Develop Growth Mindsets in Your Students From… Develop Growth Mindsets in Your Students From the Start You love nurturing the seed of mathematics in young minds—that’s part of why you became a math teacher, right?  If you’re like me, it is! But, as a 16-year veteran of high school math classrooms,…
August 25, 2022 Karen Sloan Filed Under: LONG + LIVE + MATHLONG + LIVE + MATH ClassroomsLONG + LIVE + TEACHINGTeaching Strategies
3 Back-to-School Math Icebreakers to Foster Community 3 Back-to-School Math Icebreakers to Foster Community As I think back on 16 years' worth of “back-to-school” first days as a math and special education teacher, one thing always sticks out in my mind: the mixed bag of emotions students bring with…
August 19, 2022 Karen Sloan Filed Under: LONG + LIVE + MATHTeaching Strategies
5 Get-to-Know-You Activities for Elementary Students 5 Get-to-Know-You Activities for Elementary Students The first day of school.  There’s nothing quite like it, especially when you're teaching elementary school. The excitement is palpable. Your students' faces are bright and eager. Anything seems possible.  Harness this unique back-to-school energy…
August 17, 2022 Emily Anderson, PhD Filed Under:
Middle School Ice Breakers That Build Strong… Middle School Ice Breakers That Build Strong Literacy Skills The first day of middle school has a special kind of energy.   Channel your students’ big feelings with these high-energy, low-stress middle school ice breakers guaranteed to soothe nerves, create community, and start building the literacy…
August 15, 2022 Emily Anderson, PhD Filed Under:
3 High School ELA Icebreakers to Get… 3 High School ELA Icebreakers to Get Your Students Talking When I was a first-year English teacher, I made a typical rookie mistake with my ninth-graders.  Namely, I didn’t put enough thought into my opening-day icebreaker, thinking we would each just share a book we…
August 11, 2022 Emily Anderson, PhD Filed Under: English Language ArtsTeaching Strategies
3 Ways to Promote Family-School Partnerships Over… 3 Ways to Promote Family-School Partnerships Over the Summer Elijah was a good kid. Thoughtful, funny, kind to his peers. And his writing was way below grade level. He knew it and felt a little defensive but also pretty hopeless that things would change.…
May 04, 2022 Emily Anderson, PhD Filed Under: Brain & Learning ScienceCarnegie LearningFuture ReadyLONG + LIVE + TEACHINGProfessional LearningTeaching Strategies
The Case for Program Coherence to Improve… The Case for Program Coherence to Improve Student Learning Imagine you’re walking through a famous building. Tall columns and oblong floors surround you on the classic Roman-style west side. As you walk south, the architecture suddenly switches to a Gothic style, and the columns…
February 08, 2022 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Future ReadyThe State of Education
Why Math Teachers Should Teach Literacy Why Math Teachers Should Teach Literacy Are reading and writing part of your math class yet?  If not, they should be!  In a recent blog post, I talked about why literacy instruction is crucial in the math classroom. Communication skills, including…
February 01, 2022 Sarah Galasso Filed Under: LONG + LIVE + MATHLONG + LIVE + MATH ClassroomsTeaching Strategies
5 Benefits of Reading Out Loud in… 5 Benefits of Reading Out Loud in Your Classroom Did you celebrate World Read Aloud Day as a student? Is it a tradition you’ve kept going as an educator?  I have fond memories of World Read Aloud Day during my high school years. One year, we…
January 31, 2022 Emily Anderson, PhD Filed Under: English Language ArtsBrain & Learning Science
Why Mathematical Discourse Is Good for Students Why Mathematical Discourse Is Good for Students As a new teacher, I remember my principal telling me, “When I walk into a classroom, the person I see doing the most talking is the person doing the most learning.” Her words stuck with…
January 26, 2022 Jasmine Sanders, Tiffany Henderson Filed Under: LONG + LIVE + MATHLONG + LIVE + MATH ClassroomsTeaching Strategies
Future Perfect: 21st-Century Skills in Spanish Classrooms Future Perfect: 21st-Century Skills in Spanish Classrooms As a Spanish for Spanish speakers teacher, you’re always preparing students for their futures. But the future can be uncertain. There are jobs that don’t exist yet, technologies that haven’t been invented, and problems that…
January 25, 2022 Carnegie Learning Filed Under: Teaching Strategies
7 Research-Backed Self-Care Tips for Teachers 7 Research-Backed Self-Care Tips for Teachers Being a teacher is never easy, but for the past two years, it’s been exceptionally hard.  Every day, we see articles discussing how teachers are leaving their jobs in record numbers. And while we understand…
January 17, 2022 Carnegie Learning Filed Under: Teaching Strategies
Happy Together: 5 Research-Based SEL Tips for… Happy Together: 5 Research-Based SEL Tips for Teachers Coming back to school from summer break and jumping right back into structured instructional time and challenging materials is like riding a bike. Right? Actually, the social-emotional process of going back to school might be…
May 20, 2021 Carnegie Learning Filed Under: Professional LearningTeaching StrategiesThe State of Education
4 Tips for Math Teachers to Refresh… 4 Tips for Math Teachers to Refresh and Reinvent the Classroom “Teaching is one of the few professions that allows you to reinvent yourself every year.” I heard Steve Leinwand state this in his 2012 keynote at the Richmond County GA STEM Institute, and almost a…
May 12, 2021 Cassie Martin-Reynolds Filed Under: Carnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + MATHLONG + LIVE + MATH ClassroomsProfessional LearningTeaching Strategies
How to Build Confidence and Other SEL… How to Build Confidence and Other SEL Skills in Adolescent Readers When students struggle with reading, their confidence drops as they fall behind their peers. By the time they're adolescents, they may feel socially and emotionally isolated. Thus commences a domino effect of a lack of…
July 13, 2020 Karen Sloan Filed Under: English Language ArtsBrain & Learning ScienceCarnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + TEACHINGResearch