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Accountable Talk Language Stems and Features

Accountable talk in the classroom involves the kinds of discussions that move learning forward by promoting the use of academic language, encouraging...

Reciprocal Reading

Sometimes called Reciprocal Teaching, Reciprocal Reading refers to an instructional reading activity in which students become the teacher in a small...

Thinking Maps: The Building Blocks of Brain-Based Learning

Thinking maps are meant to be used across all grades and content areas as scaffolds for the critical thinking, problem-solving, comprehension, and...

Cornell Notes Annotation and Comprehension Strategy

This note taking strategy can be used during reading or listening tasks and helps students determine which details are important to include for...

Sticky Notes Annotation Strategy

This strategy employs the use of sticky notes to annotate texts in order to notice and note or stop and jot connections, questions, key takeaways,...

Double Entry Journal Annotation Strategy

This strategy may be used during reading or listening tasks. The student divides journal pages in half with the left side of the page devoted to...

Vocabulary Graphic Organizers and Word Maps

No matter how educators choose to develop students’ tier two and tier three vocabulary, what is important is that students are receiving targeted...

Education Endowment Foundation for Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools

According to the Education Endowment Foundation, through their synthesis of international educational research, these seven evidence-based...

Improving Literacy in Seconday Schools Self-Assessment

The Education Endowment Foundation has developed a self-assessment tool for this purpose. Combining this self-assessment tool with other means of...

NGSS Venn Diagram for Commonalities Among the Practices

This Venn Diagram illustrates some of the commonalities regarding literacy skills across and among three of the core content areas.This resource was...

Building Vocabulary and Conceptual Knowledge Using the Frayer Model

Using the Frayer model, teachers are able to intentionally incorporate the four elements of vocabulary instruction for tier two and tier three terms:...

ChatGPT, Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence in Education

"ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot. Drawing on tons and tons of data and massive processing power, it uses GPT3 technology to let users...

Introducing Flip

Flipgrid may be the more familiar name to you, but on June 28, 2022, Flipgrid changed its name to Flip!This resource is a blog post by the Flip team...

Gratitude Templates and Resources

Learners of all ages can benefit from practicing gratitude. Ana Smith, Professional Development Specialist at Five Star Tech and Kami Hero, has...

How to Inspire Gratitude in Students

November and Thanksgiving are often times when we share what we are grateful for. Practicing gratitude shouldn’t just be relegated to one month or...

Authentic Literacy Lesson: The Great Thanksgiving Listen

Part II of Reading and Writing for Real: Teach your students the power of literacy via interviewing and listening skills, outlined in the Indiana...

National Museum of the American Indian: Lessons & Resources

The National Museum of the American Indian houses are number of educational resources and classroom lessons on their website aimed at increasing the...

AI for Teachers

AI for Teachers is a website dedicated to supporting the integration of Artificial Intelligence knowledge throughout K-12 learning. On the website,...

Middle School - Efficient Planning for Effective Instruction

To access this workshop, after selecting "View this resource," you will be asked to complete a short registration form. If you choose not to...