Have Fun and Celebrate as the School Year Ends Teacher fatigue at the end of the year is real and well earned. Still, you and your students have spent a lot of time together, and it merits some celebration!

HAVE FUN AND CELEBRATE AS THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS.

"You and your students have spent a lot of time together, and it merits some celebration!" Middle school teacher Megan Kelly shares ideas. #edusky #teachersky @sharemylesson.bsky.social @larryferlazzo.bsky.social

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Are We “GPS-ing” Students in Our Math Classes? When we over-guide math students, we don't build understanding, we replace it, writes author and math coach Pamela Seda. Learn four ways to stop "GPS-ing" them.

New: ARE YOU GPS-ING YOUR MATH STUDENTS?

When we over-guide math students, we don't build understanding – we replace it. Author and math coach Pamela Seda shares 4 ways to stop "GPS-ing" them.
#edusky #iteachmath #mtbos @nctm.org #mathed @pamseda1.bsky.social

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Helping Students Build and Use Prior Knowledge Veteran teacher Kelly Gallagher explores the profound connection between background knowledge and reading comprehension in To Read Stuff You Have to Know Stuff.

Review: HELPING STUDENTS BUILD & USE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Veteran teacher Kelly Gallagher explores the profound connection between background knowledge and reading comprehension. #edusky @kellygallagher.bsky.social @heinemannpub.bsky.social #reading #literacy

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Book cover, "Reclaiming Connection: How Schools and Families Can Nurture Belonging" by Amber Chandler. Cover has two images: teens with arms around each other, and two women blowing bubblegum. Text: "Real challenges. Actionable strategies. A path to thriving."

Discover Amber's insights on fostering belonging in schools and communities. Read the article: spr.ly/63323B6Xsnv
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Teaching Students to Annotate with Purpose in English Class Whether annotating for engagement or as part of prepping for discussion and writing assignments, students benefit from knowing the purpose of their annotations.

New: TEACHING ELA STUDENTS TO ANNOTATE WITH PURPOSE.

Whether annotating for engagement or prepping for discussion & writing assignments, students benefit from knowing the purpose of their annotations. #edusky #iteachEnglish @sharemylesson.bsky.social @ncte.org

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Moving and Engaging Math Students in a Thinking Classroom Combining insights from three leading math educators, Kathleen Palmieri flipped her own teaching practice and created a Thinking Classroom for her 5th graders.

NEW: Engaging Math Students in a Thinking Classroom.

Combining insights from 3 leading math educators, Kathie Palmieri flipped her own teaching practice & created a Thinking Classroom for her 5th graders. #edusky #mathsky #iteachmath @kathleenpalmieri.bsky.social

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1/ Speaking about the #misinformation crisis, @caulfieldtim.bsky.social said, “The first thing we need to do is teach critical thinking skills. We should start teaching critical thinking skills in kindergarten & continue teaching them throughout grade school, high school, & university."

Earth Day in April is a gentle reminder there is no planet B. Celebrate Earth Day, everyday!

Keila Dawson Shares a Poem About Earth from The Children's Book Podcast
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🌏 #NoWorldTooBib
🌏 #Earthday2026
🌏 #PoetryMonth
🌏 #Edusky
🌏 #ActlocalThinkglobal

Review: TEACHING STORYTELLING TO AMPLIFY STUDENT VOICES

Maru Gonzalez, Michael Kokozos & Christy M. Byrd offer an inspiring & transformative vision for reimagining education through the power of student narratives. #edusky #teachersky @routledgebooks.bsky.social

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Spark Resilience in Just Two Minutes Reflection Every Day Building resilience through daily reflections on balance, calm, adaptability, happiness, and joy changes how you experience everything teaching asks of you.

New: BUILD YOUR RESILIENCE IN JUST TWO MINUTES A DAY.

Moehrle and Boushey suggest a practice focused on balance, calm, adaptability, happiness and joy to change how you experience all that teaching asks of you. #edusky #teachersky @stenhousepub.bsky.social

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What We Can Do When Our Student Readers Are Skimming It's increasingly common to see students skim instead of read, search instead of think, and move quickly through text without following how ideas connect.

New: WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN STUDENTS "SKIM READ"

It's increasingly common to see students skim instead of read, search instead of think & move quickly through text without following how ideas connect. Holly Durham has a cure. #edusky #reading #iteachEnglish #literacy

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Word Problem Workshop Creates a Classroom of Problem Solvers Word Problem Workshop offers a structured, daily routine that makes math problems less scary by building confidence, connections, and wonder into each session.

Review: CREATE A CLASSROOM OF MATH PROBLEM SOLVERS

Word Problem Workshop offers a structured, daily routine that makes math problems less scary by building confidence, connections & wonder into each session. #edusky #iteachmath #mathED @routledgebooks.bsky.social

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Why We All Need to Care About Handwriting Thoughts from a history teacher

Good read! "Suddenly, I was noticing more students who found their own handwriting illegible, and who were struggling to actually write."

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AI Help with Assessment Gained This Teacher Loads of Time Katie Durkin's AI teaching assistant has helped save time by generating ideas for formative assessments, creating more time for her to help individual students.

New: AI's ASSESSMENT HELP IS A REAL TIME-SAVER.

Katie Durkin's AI assistant helps save time by generating ideas for formative assessments, creating more time for her to help individual students. #edusky #AIsky @sharemylesson.bsky.social @larryferlazzo.bsky.social

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Using Supreme Court Cases in Middle School Social Studies Students can use evidence-based reasoning to evaluate the law while building their ability to collaborate and communicate effectively.

"Engaging students in analyzing court cases builds their ability to make decisions, collaborate with peers, address challenges, and solve problems." @edutopia.org

Using Supreme Court Cases in Middle School Social Studies
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Everything I Knew about Grading Was Wrong Stephanie Farley shares how she has replaced traditional grading with competency-based grading and made a quantitative and qualitative difference for students.

"EVERYTHING I KNEW ABOUT GRADING WAS WRONG"

Stephanie Farley replaced traditional grading with competency-based assessment and made a quantitative and qualitative difference for students. #edusky #grading @sharemylesson.bsky.social @larryferlazzo.bsky.social

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Integrating AI into the Very Human Act of Teaching AI Assist covers understanding context, identifying goals, tool selection, planning, designing and implementing activities, assessment and reflection, and more.

Review: INTEGRATING AI INTO THE HUMAN ACT OF TEACHING.

The AI Assist by Nathan Lang-Raad offers a solid starting point for using AI in the classroom "with a human touch," writes middle school teacher Ralph Covino.
#edusky #AIsky #edtech @ascdofficial.bsky.social

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12 Idea-Packed, Teacher-Tested Articles That Make Poetry Fun National Poetry Month is here. If you’re rushing to pull together some engaging poetry lessons, check out these 12 teacher-tested resources.

TEACHING POETRY: 12 IDEA-PACKED POSTS

National Poetry Month is almost here! If you’re rushing to pull together poetry lessons – or feeling pressure to put poetry aside in favor of more high-stakes ELA topics – check out these idea-rich resources. #edusky #poetry

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Student Researchers Need to Become Independent Investigators In a world full of misinformation, teaching research isn’t just about completing an assignment. It’s about helping students become independent investigators.

New: WE NEED TO RETHINK HOW WE TEACH RESEARCH

In a sea of misinformation, teaching research skills isn’t just about completing an assignment; it's helping students become independent investigators. #edusky #iteachEnglish #socialstudies #iteachscience #middleschool
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Ms. Kaufman, instead of the science test can we watch March Madness? #teaching #middleschool

A stellar round up of myths about Dyslexia.

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Teachers can do better once we know better!

Tips for Turning Your Classroom Cozy, Organized & Welcoming Dina Strasser offers ways to create a welcoming learning space with scribbling spaces, plants, non-fluorescent lights, diffusers, and fresh seating solutions.

COZY CLASSROOM TWEAKS MAKE KIDS FEEL WELCOME.

Dina Strasser offers ways to create a welcoming learning space with scribbling boards, plants, non-fluorescent lights, diffusers, and fresh seating solutions. #edusky @dinaeliz.bsky.social @larryferlazzo.bsky.social

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Thanks, Steve. We downloaded Mona's article from her Google Doc in MS Word format, where we edit. A few hours later, she left this very correction on the G Doc, after she realized the mistake. We missed that. It's now corrected.

25 Words That Trigger Understanding They’re not exciting or glamorous, yet 25 powerful vocabulary words can make or break higher level learning. They also appear on just about every standardized test!

MiddleWeb Substack: 25 WORDS THAT TRIGGER UNDERSTANDING.

They’re not exciting or glamorous, yet 25 powerful vocabulary words can make or break higher level learning. They also appear on just about every standardized test. #edusky #tlsky #vocabulary #testprep

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You Can't Think About What You Don't Know What potatoes, cabbage and the Irish potato famine reveal about students' struggles in history class

"Facts have a pretty poor and sadly undeserved reputation in the education world.... But we’ve got that all wrong. Facts don’t compete with higher-order thinking— they make it possible." – History teacher Lauren Brown. #edusky #history #iteachhistory

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Three Ways to Help Math Students Make Sense of Fractions Often when math students see fractions, they search for a rule. But what if the goal is not to decode but to understand the situation? See Mona Iehl's solution.

NEW: 3 Steps to Help Students Make Sense of Fractions.

Often when math students see fractions, they search for a rule. But what if the goal is not to decode but to understand the situation? See Mona Iehl's solution. #edusky #mtbos #math #maths #iteachmath #mathed

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All You Need to Help Students Speak with Confidence In Well Spoken, educator Erik Palmer details tools to build public and digital speaking skills that give students agency in both classrooms and the workplace.

Review: TOOLS STUDENTS NEED TO SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE

In Well Spoken, educator Erik Palmer details tools to build public and digital speaking skills that give students agency in both classrooms and the workplace. #edusky #speaking @erik-palmer.bsky.social #speech

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What the Pandemic Taught Me about Teaching History Lessons on uncertainty, students and the strange experience of living through history

We're reading Lauren Brown's latest post, "What the Pandemic Taught Me about Teaching History."

We're intrigued with her story about using email with students! #edusky

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