What are some ways to teach students how to collaborate in small groups?

What do student data binders look like? What should be included in them?

What are good resources to teach elementary poetry?

What are your best tips for a new teacher? I’m on year 20 and these are still part of my teaching practice. What advice do you have?

What are some ways you help students to calm their bodies throughout the day?

For example, sometimes we stop and take a few minutes to breathe deeply in quiet pose and reset for the next task.

I have a single student in my class with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This student demonstrates needs in developing empathy. At this time, I do not have outside support in addressing these needs for this student so any efforts will be my own, alone (hoping to look into additional services soon). My content area is language arts and finding time to address these specific needs is a challenge.

How might I support this student’s social emotional needs with so little time to invest?

I’m noticing that more behaviors are arising in class at this midpoint of the year. I am continuing to evaluate our practices and my interventions, but not quite understanding why this seemingly sudden shift in how my students are responding. Any tips?

How can you differentiate assignments to make them more appropriate for all the levels and needs of the students in your classroom?

How can you teach empathy in your classroom?

At the end of a particularly challenging day in the classroom, how do you recenter, refocus, and take care of yourself to be ready to do it all again tomorrow?

What are some morning meeting activities that are low prep for a 5th grade class?

How do you build fluency with the multiplication table while ensuring that a lack of fluency with multiplication facts doesn't hold students back from accessing grade level content?

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In Kentucky we have really focused on “belonging” in the DEIB model. How do you ensure all students and families belong in your schools?

How do you teach self assessment to students?

What are the pros and cons of using menu boards for homework or morning work?

How do you teach 2nd graders place value?

How do you teach 2nd graders comprehension skills?

What are some ways that you build relationships between students throughout the year in elementary school? I think the teachers at our school are great at doing it in the first few weeks but then don’t continue throughout the school year once standards are started. I would love to share some ideas at our next PLC!

Does anyone have read and circle worksheets for CVC words? (Where students read sentences like “The fox is red.” and circle the correct picture which in this case would be a picture of a red fox).