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Category: Instructional and Assessment Strategies

Instruction and assessment are at the heart of good teaching. While state standards and district mandates seem to drive a lot of classroom time, it’s really student needs, goals, and interests that help expert teachers choose instructional strategies to support student growth and achievement.

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5 Activities to Ring in the New Year with Your Students

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What’s Better than a Fun Classroom? An Engaged One

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Jazz Up a Boring Textbook Lesson with These 6 Easy Ideas

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My 4 Favorite Differentiation Strategies for High School

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Make Academic Vocabulary Fun with These 8 Effortless Ideas

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10 Effective Instructional Strategies You Can’t Ignore in ELA

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Teacher in September: 5 Inspiring and Unique Ideas

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12 Fun, Effortless Back-to-School Freebies for Any Age

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15 Fun TED Talks for Supercharging Speaking and Listening

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Professionalism: 1 Topic I’m No Longer Teaching in HS ELA

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5 Stress-Free Strategies to Prepare for Standardized Testing

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20 Tortured Poets for Your High School English Classroom

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5 Underrated Instructional Strategies for All Content Areas

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How to Create an Engaging Test Prep Olympics

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How to Teach Active and Passive Voice in 6 Easy Steps

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4 Easy Discussion Strategies for High School ELA

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My 10 Favorite Language Arts Lessons of the Year

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Surprising Lessons from Building My First Escape Room