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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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How to Teach Synthesis Thinking in High School English

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How the Laundry Approach to Grading Made Me a Better Teacher

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How to Begin and End Classroom Discussions

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How to Keep Students (and Parents) from Arguing Grades

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How to Improve Classroom Culture with 3 Small Adjustments

8 Opportunities to Promote Curiosity and Creativity in Your ELA Classroom #mooreenglish @moore-english.com

8 Opportunities to Promote Curiosity and Creativity in Your ELA Classroom

How to Add Value to Your Classroom with Metacognition #mooreenglish @moore-english.com

How to Add Value to Your Classroom with Metacognition

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How to Create Drop-Down Menus in Your Lesson Plans

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How to Structure and Design an Effective Lesson Plan

Quizzes as opportunities for collaboration and reflection #mooreenglish @moore-english.com

Quizzes as Opportunities for Collaboration and Reflection

4 Fast Formatives for Busy Classrooms #mooreenglish @moore-english.com

4 Formatives for Busy Classrooms (Fast, Fun, Fresh, Free)

4 Steps to Pre-Read ANY Nonfiction or Informational Text #mooreenglish @moore-english.com

4 Steps to Pre-Read ANY Nonfiction or Informational Text

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Successfully Planning the First 3 Days of School

Once you find new text to teach, how do you present it to students? Follow these steps, andyou will be ready for introducing a new text tomorrow!

How to Introduce a New Text

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Inspired Elementary Ideas for Secondary Classrooms

Meeting Student Needs: Ideas and Inspiration for meeting students where they are with what they need #mooreenglish @moore-english.com

How to Meet Student Needs: Access, Authenticity, and Interaction

Never Say Never: Education Edition #mooreenglish @moore-english.com

Never Say Never: My Growth as a Teacher

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When Things get Foggy: Teaching Deliberate Ambiguity