Building Students’ Number Sense in Elementary Math To get an internal sense of how numbers relate to each other, students can practice working with number lines.

Want to help students build a sense of how numbers relate to each other? Use number lines! ✖️🌟

Here’s a step-by-step guide from math and literacy specialist Laura Berman.

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Practicing Sight Words With the Help of Ice Cream Cones Early elementary teachers can use this activity to involve students and their families in an engaging literacy routine.

Kindergarten teacher Lucia Cruz came up with a highly motivating literacy routine involving a bulletin board, ice cream cones, and laminated sets of sight words. 🍦

14 years later, the routine is still used by her school today! Here’s how it works.

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Routines That Support Math Fact Fluency Regularly working with manipulatives can help boost second graders’ fluency and confidence in fundamental skills.

How to build math fact fluency in your elementary classroom:

Daily routine + weekly test = big growth *and* big smiles. 👏

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Routines That Support Math Fact Fluency Regularly working with manipulatives can help boost second graders’ fluency and confidence in fundamental skills.

Building math fact fluency works best when students can literally see their progress!

@mrswendymturner.bsky.social shares a daily manipulatives routine that helps her 2nd-grade students grow their math fact fluency and confidence as mathematicians. ➕🙌

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7 Digital Resources for Your Elementary Science Tool Kit Teachers can use these websites and apps to enhance learning tasks, making them more engaging without adding tons of prep time.

Want to present science content in engaging ways that *don’t* require a lot of prep?

Educator Eliana Belle shares the 7 digital tools she has in her elementary science toolkit! 🔬🧰

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Make Hands-On Activities Work for Lower Elementary Students Teachers can make projects more accessible and engaging for students by prioritizing creativity and learning over perfection.

Looking to bring engaging, real-world projects into your 1st grade classroom? Educator Kylie Altier has you covered with tips to make projects work *and* 4 projects you can easily implement with your students. 🤩

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7 Digital Resources for Your Elementary Science Tool Kit Teachers can use these websites and apps to enhance learning tasks, making them more engaging without adding tons of prep time.

Want to bring low-prep, high-engagement science resources to your elementary classroom? 🧪🔬

These digital tools help students dive into content while having fun *and* making real-world connections.

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Make Hands-On Activities Work for Lower Elementary Students Teachers can make projects more accessible and engaging for students by prioritizing creativity and learning over perfection.

“If you’re a first-grade teacher like me, you may have tried to bring all kinds of cute projects you found online into the classroom, only to be disappointed,” Kylie Altier says.

What worked for her: Shifting the focus from end products to the creation process. 🙌

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Sharpening Students’ Observation Skills Through Poetry Practice with the attention to detail and language choices needed for poetry writing can help elementary students with other kinds of writing as well.

It’s almost National Poetry Month. Learn how to leverage poetry as a tool for teaching observation skills, from educator Donna Paul! 🔍

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4 Brain Breaks for Different Classroom Needs These brain breaks are designed to serve different purposes, and selecting the right one at the right time can yield positive results.

Do your students need more energy, creativity, or connection? ⚡ Try one of these brain breaks to target your class’s needs!

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Making Math Centers Fun Helps Make Them Successful Students actively engage in tasks that are doable and interesting—which frees up time for personalized instruction.

“If you create the right centers, and teach the procedures, you too can enjoy the relaxing and exciting island in the middle of the school day that is math centers,” says teacher Sonja Cassella. ➗🏝️

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Making Math Centers Fun Helps Make Them Successful Students actively engage in tasks that are doable and interesting—which frees up time for personalized instruction.

To make math centers successful, do 2 things: Make them doable, and make them interesting!

Here’s how teacher Sonja Cassella makes it happen. 🙌

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How to Co-create a Rubric With Elementary Students Teachers can include students in the process of designing a tool to measure their understanding of content—an additional learning opportunity.

Student-designed rubrics give elementary students more ownership of their learning *and* a deeper understanding of assessment expectations. 📝

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3 Simple Movement-Based Activities for Elementary School Adding movement to literacy activities is an easy way to keep kids motivated and engaged.

Getting kids moving doesn’t have to be complex! These simple activities get kids out of their seats and moving. 🤸

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How to Co-create a Rubric With Elementary Students Teachers can include students in the process of designing a tool to measure their understanding of content—an additional learning opportunity.

“If we consider flipping the design of rubrics to a student-centered approach, we can deepen learning and help students further develop and clarify their thinking,” says educator and Edutopia community facilitator @curriculumchron.bsky.social. 💯

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Using Trauma-Informed Practices in Early Elementary Classrooms Small changes in language and classroom routines can increase connection and improve learning for young students.

You don’t need to overhaul your entire early elementary classroom to use trauma-informed practices. Start simple:

💬 Shift your language
☀️ Add choice into your morning routine
🤝 Create shared daily commitments

Here’s how.

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3 Simple Movement-Based Activities for Elementary School Adding movement to literacy activities is an easy way to keep kids motivated and engaged.

Are your kids starting to get squirmy? Try a spring egg hunt, a hallway walk, or just having kids “scoot” between activities. 🪺

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Using Trauma-Informed Practices in Early Elementary Classrooms Small changes in language and classroom routines can increase connection and improve learning for young students.

It’s as simple as this: When kids feel safe, they learn better.

Here are small changes that early elementary teachers can make to create an environment where students can properly regulate, feel connected, *and* fully access learning. 🌻

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Making Retrieval Practice a Classroom Routine By regularly working in activities that get students to recall content they’ve learned in the past and apply it, teachers can ensure deeper understanding.

Sometimes the simplest activities can make an outsized difference when it comes to making learning stick. Check out this 4th-grade teacher’s math warm-up that helps her students retain more content—and understand it more deeply. 🙌

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Writing Prompts That Tap Into Springtime Energy Upper elementary teachers can channel students’ excitement around the changing season into thoughtful writing that incorporates all five senses.

Looking for writing prompts for your elementary classroom this spring? 🌼✏️

Educator Donna Paul has you covered with engaging prompts that get students excited to write.

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Writing Prompts That Tap Into Springtime Energy Upper elementary teachers can channel students’ excitement around the changing season into thoughtful writing that incorporates all five senses.

Get your students excited to write about spring by leveraging their natural curiosity and encouraging them to think creatively! 🌷🪻

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If we want students to engage thoughtfully, think creatively, and take ownership of their learning, we need to start the day in ways that support those goals. Soft starts don’t slow learning down—they set it up to succeed. —Donna Paul, Elementary Teacher

Make classroom mornings calm with “soft starts”: https://edut.to/4rERmHV

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Transforming Your Classroom With Calm Mornings By giving students a bit of time to ease into the day, teachers can help them feel ready to engage in learning.

Ease students into learning without putting too much pressure on them by implementing soft starts in the classroom! Elementary teacher Donna Paul explains how. 🌤️

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5 Ways to Increase the Quantity and Quality of Students’ Writing Having students move beyond descriptive paragraphs and five-paragraph essays can help improve their ability to write—and their love of doing it.

Do you complete the same writing assignments your students do?

Here’s why you consider it. ✏️👇

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“When teachers establish their own writing practices and make those practices visible, writing becomes calmer and more manageable for them and for their students. The same routines that help adults generate ideas can be modeled and adapted to help students do the same.” —Lauren Kaufman, Educator

How to develop a daily writing practice with students: https://edut.to/4aWghR7

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5 Ways to Increase the Quantity and Quality of Students’ Writing Having students move beyond descriptive paragraphs and five-paragraph essays can help improve their ability to write—and their love of doing it.

Elevate the importance of the messy, exciting, infuriating drafting process—not just the final product.

Read more about this and other tips to elevate student writing in grades 3–8! ✍️

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How Elementary Teachers Can Develop a Daily Writing Practice With Students With frequent modeling, teachers can guide their students to work through the writing process with confidence.

By modeling her own daily writing practice, this teacher helped her upper elementary students develop their own writing habits! ✍️

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Signing books for an upcoming school visit. I can't wait to meet with the students and for them to meet Hangabout and Bean.

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5 Ways to Help Students Build Reflection Skills Teachers can help students develop their social and emotional skills as they monitor and evaluate their own learning experiences.

These 5 self-reflection methods can help students recognize their strengths and opportunities for growth, while helping them develop positive views of themselves as learners. 🌱

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5 Ways to Help Students Build Reflection Skills Teachers can help students develop their social and emotional skills as they monitor and evaluate their own learning experiences.

Teachers can help their students build the kind of self-regulation and self-monitoring skills they need to successfully navigate challenges in the classroom and beyond. 🧭

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