9-12 High School
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in grades 9-12.
Surveying Students Regularly Can Yield Valuable Connections
Making a habit of surveying students provides a wealth of information about their goals, challenges, and everyday lives.Getting the Most Out of the Reader’s Notebook
In high school, reading instruction sometimes gets short shrift. Interactive notebooks can increase students’ intrinsic motivation to read.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Teaching Students How to Make Movies to Document Their Learning
Using moviemaking as a form of engagement and assessment centers students’ voices.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.6 Foundational Ways to Scaffold Student Learning
A collection of evidence-backed tips to help students cross the bridge from confusion to clarity.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.13 Super-Quick Formative Assessments
Teachers can use these techniques to gauge students’ understanding mid-lesson and then decide whether to reteach or press ahead.112Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A Simple and Effective Way to Teach Annotation
Try a straightforward three-step strategy to help students get comfortable with exploring challenging reading assignments.107Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Making Math Review a High-Energy Game
In the 100 Squares Challenge, math review takes the form of friendly—but fierce!—competition, inspiring students to complete problems under pressure.4 Ways to Guide Disengaged Students to Try Again
There are many reasons why students disengage in school. The tips here are not a panacea, but both research and teacher experience demonstrate that they can help.A One-Page Chart to Support Every Student Every Day
Teachers can use this spreadsheet—free template included—to track accommodations and strengths to keep students on track and motivated.8 Creative Performance Tasks for World Language Classes
Try these ideas to move from vocabulary quizzes to activities where students communicate in real-world situations.622Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How Meditation Helps Me Teach a Tricky Physics Concept
Physics can feel inscrutable to students; this lesson helps them understand a graphing problem by analyzing their own breathing.110Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.30 Ways to Bring Calm to a Noisy High School Classroom
From 'finding the lull' to the magic of a dramatic whisper, these teacher-tested strategies quickly get high school students focused and back on track.Building Classroom Community Through Daily Dedications
When students share stories about those who have inspired and impacted them, the whole classroom feels more connected.56.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Ways to Help Students Overcome the Forgetting Curve
Our brains are wired to forget things unless we take active steps to remember. Here’s how you can help students hold on to what they learn.Jump-Starting Academic Learning With Movement and Dance
The benefits of movement in the classroom aren’t limited to younger students. Pairing new words and concepts with gestures or dance moves locks in understanding—and active brain breaks prime students to learn even more.25.1kYour content has been saved!
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