9-12 High School
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in grades 9-12.
To Motivate World Language Students, Tap Into Their Goals
Teachers can use resources connected to students’ goals—such as traveling for work or pleasure—to make coursework meaningful to them.135Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.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.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.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.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.5 Ways to Build Critical Literacy in the Age of AI
With so much information—and misinformation—coming at them every day, students need to learn how to verify truth.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.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.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.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!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Ways to Prime Students’ Brains for Achievement
Using priming language is a powerful way to set the stage for learning, and we’ve got a free downloadable word bank here to help you implement this research-backed strategy.How and Why to Give Optional Assignments
Providing students with the choice to complete additional work creates space for extra practice and can help build intrinsic motivation for learning.
