PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Workshop: Interdisciplinary Learning in Your Classroom
What is interdisciplinary learning? How does this buzz word play into today's classroom? Find the answers to these questions when you visit this educational resource. Learn how to implement this strategy into your curriculum.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Monitoring/clarifying
The Monitoring/Clarifying strategy teaches students to recognize when they don't understand parts of a text and to take necessary steps to restore meaning. This technique is a component of the Reciprocal Teaching model in which teachers...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Context Counts in Second Language Learning
Discover how contextual factors count when learning a second language.
Other
Duke: Center for Inquiry Based Learning
Duke University has established the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning. It serves to enhance math and science lessons. Click on Resources for good examples of Inquiry-based lesson plans.
Education.com
Education.com: Llama Llama Help Us Learn
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will read the Llama Llama books and compare and contrast the stories. Teaching strategies, worksheets, and activities are provided.
Education.com
Education.com: Problem Solved
[Free Registration/Login Required] Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In the social-emotional learning activity Problem Solved, your child will explore problem-solving...
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Writing to Learn [Pdf]
Teachers will learn how to use Writing to Learn as a formative assessment tool. Teachers will learn how to implement the strategy, measure progress, and find research to support writing to learn. A list of Writing to Learn activities is...
Other
Teach Hub: Teaching Strategies to Keep Students Engaged in Learning
Through different teaching strategies like project-based learning and the flipped classroom, new techniques have changed the way teachers teach and learners learn. Here are a few more teaching strategies that are guaranteed to keep your...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: 3 Ways to Hook Into Student Engagement
Improve student engagement in your classroom with these three techniques: Implement Active Learning Techniques, Ask Open-Ended Questions, and Employ Gaming.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Spelling Supports Reading
Many readers are puzzled by the rules and exceptions of spelling. Research has shown, however, that learning to spell and learning to read rely on much of the same underlying knowledge. Read this article to learn more about the...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Engaging Family & Community in Afterschool and Summer Programs
Informal literacy experiences often serve to shape young people's identity as readers and writers as much as or more than formal schooling.Community and family support can emphasize the importance of reading and writing, build...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Asking Clarifying Questions: Lesson 1
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will be able to ask appropriate and effective questions to better understand a communication or situation. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Asking Clarifying Questions." [7:03] SL.9-10.1c Active...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Guidelines for Teaching Students to Read and Write Well:six Features
Building on their research in secondary classrooms, the Center on English Learning and Achievement has developed guidelines that describe six essential features of effective literacy instruction and how teachers can implement them.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using Technology in Teaching Reading
Elementary learners, while working on their basal reader story for the week, will use various forms of technology to increase comprehension and other reading skills. (Other strategies may be substituted if some of the technology...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: The Foundations for Reading
What are the foundations for reading? Come and explore this informative article to discover the answer to this question.
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Blending [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn how to blend words as a classroom modeling strategy. Teachers will learn direct instructional techniques for blending; games and activities are also provided to reinforcement the concept of blending.
PBS
Pbs: Black Kingdoms of the Nile
A geometry lesson that examines the history and structure of ancient pyramids and engages learners in constructing pyramid models. A comprehensive lesson that considers students with diverse learning styles. Math concepts introduced...