The “Connect, Extend, Challenge” thinking routine offers a structured approach to deepen understanding and reflection. Explore how to use it at the elementary & secondary levels now: bit.ly/4dnfPdC #edchat #k12 #edchateu #ukedchat

Looking for a unique writing activity? 🤔 Try paint chip poetry! Students select a paint chip and use it to inspire a poem, including the color's name. What creative writing prompts do you use? #poetry #writing #classroomideas buff.ly/413X9M5

Why did school never make it this simple?

I wish I was taught this way of finding the greatest common factor when I was in school

A great multiplication strategy to have: doubling and halving

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Discover four different types of rubrics and utilize the complimentary TCEA Rubric Generator to revolutionize the way you develop rubrics for your classroom. buff.ly/clUWT7g #edtech #aiineducation #edutwitter

If you give your teacher a cookie

🎲 Want to boost focus and planning—through play? Check out these fun, research‑backed games that can strengthen executive functioning skills like self‑control, working memory, and flexible thinking. buff.ly/Qmp9ADw via Pathway 2 Success #teachersofx #efs #skillbuilding

🧠 #OneNote Class Notebook: Your all-in-one digital hub. This is your cheat sheet. Whether you're assigning math practice, embedding quizzes, or setting up Reflect check-ins, this guide gives you the “how” in seconds. Perfect for classroom pros AND OneNote newbies. 📌 Grab

🔩 HINGE QUESTIONS! This NEW one-page guide breaks down hinge questions, mid-lesson checks that help uncover misconceptions and adapt instruction. Download a high-quality PDF copy here: newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/hinge-questi…

New free resource sheet 🚨 This one's for all the 5th grade teachers and those who support 5th grade teachers. It's the most popular Wayground (formerly Quizizz) activities of all time, organized by subject and ranked, and completely free😀 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… I hope this

💡 Staff meeting idea: Invite your team to use ChatGPT to discuss and unpack learning standards – then debrief the experience together. ⬇️ Check out the tool from educator Bill Ferriter: docs.google.com/document/d/1RP…

🚨 ELA Teachers! Give your students a creative twist on comprehension 🧠✨ Use this Alternate Ending organizer to explore character growth and plot changes. What if the main character NEVER changed? How would the story end? youtu.be/vm2vbVbcMvo

"Smudge" problems, where we show "student" work and ask students to fill in the smudges But then importantly, craft a conversation about what the strategies have in common What do you think these help build? bit.ly/mifh2mx #MathIsFigureOutAble #MTBoS #ITeachMath

The TAG Critique Protocol can be used in any grade or subject! Students and teachers love its simplicity and how it scaffolds the development of essential critique skills. Try it out in your next project, and let us know how it goes! bit.ly/2Vkypui

Supporting Neurodivergent students in the Classroom - Heather Aird

I have this on the door of my classroom.

Want to teach routines and build critical thinking? Try this “Do as I say, not as I do” activity. 👀 Students watch you model (with intentional mistakes!) 📝 They catch & correct the errors 🎯 Then practice the routine the right way! youtu.be/R0JvY10YvXg

"I’m 79. My name’s Agnes. I walk to Oakwood Elementary every Tuesday and Thursday at 2:45 p.m. Not for my grandkids, I don’t have any. I go for them. The kids waiting for parents who are late. Again. It started three years ago. I saw Miguel sitting alone on the school’s concrete