3-5 Upper Elementary
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in elementary school grades 3-5.
5 Research-Backed Ways to Build Better Readers
The latest research on five foundational strategies that are teacher-tested and grounded in science.194Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Empowering Students Through a Focus on Incremental Progress
Elementary teachers can help students feel confident tackling big goals by encouraging them to focus on getting a little bit better every day.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Discovering Global Sounds Through the Recorder
Music teachers can guide exploration of musical styles from around the world to spark elementary students’ curiosity and build community.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Teaching Elementary Students to Use Audio and Graphic Design Tools
Teachers can amplify students’ creativity by showing them how to demonstrate their learning with multimedia applications.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A More Efficient and Productive Way to Conduct Math Assessments
Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Exploring Before Explaining Sparks Learning
New elementary science teachers can build student engagement and enhance learning by using the explore-before-explain approach.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Benefits of Using Choice Boards in Math
How math choice boards can enable new elementary teachers to meet the needs of their individual learners while employing mathematical rigor.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A Framework for Building Older Students’ Literacy Skills
Encouraging middle school students to read books of all genres and reading levels can reignite their interest in reading.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Sensory Room: Helping Students With Autism Focus and Learn
Imagine a safe space where students with autism can go to calm their bodies and then get back to the business of learning.1MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Adapting Socratic Seminars for Elementary
With a few key modifications, teachers can make a complex academic discussion into an excellent learning opportunity for younger students.Making Students Feel Safe
A trauma-informed approach ensures that students feel safe, supported, and nurtured—to improve their chances of academic success.129.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Setting Students Up for Success During Independent Work Time
Teachers can use these ideas to coach students on how to stay focused and deepen their learning outside of whole group instruction.244Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Exploring Narrative Elements Through a Drama Game
Using an improv exercise to practice the parts of a story gets ideas flowing for students—and helps them add structure to their writing.Strategies to Help Build Students’ Math Fact Fluency
With regular routines and reflective practice, elementary students can build accuracy and confidence in math.250Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.41 Elementary Classroom Jobs to Build Shared Responsibility and Community
Classroom jobs help students feel seen, trusted, and excited to contribute to their classroom community.3.1kYour content has been saved!
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