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Daily Agendas
These fifth-grade daily agendas are clear, have an image to catch students’ attention, and are very detailed so that students know exactly what they should be doing and when. This is especially important when working in the virtual space, or when...
Discussion Sentence Stems
This resource provides sentence stems for accountable talk that students can use for discussions in person, remotely, or in a hybrid model.
Brain Break: Would You Rather? Energizer Game 1
This video has students answer a “would-you-rather” question and do a quick physical activity that accompanies their answer.
GoNoodle
These movement and mindfulness videos and games can be used for a variety of brain breaks.
Battling the Boss Explanation
This website covers information about Battling the Boss, the teacher who designed the strategy, and artifacts to help with implementation both in-person and remotely!
Student Roles: Democratizing Group Work
This website shows how to implement students’ roles in group work so that each student contributes effectively to the overall work of their group.
Requiring Cameras Only for 1:1 and Small-Group Time
This video describes the importance of allowing students to keep their cameras off at times during a lesson and then prompting students to turn their cameras back on during one-to-one meetings with the teacher and in small-group settings. These more...
Activity: Get Inspired! Explore Innovative Schools
When designing change, teams look externally to glean best practices from other districts and schools that have implemented strategies to increase equity and resiliency in teaching and learning.
Cedar Rapids: Problem of Practice on Standards-Aligned Feedback
Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) interviewed a range of teachers and students to identify opportunities to improve teaching and learning. The team heard a clear and consistent theme that stakeholders felt many students are not engaged...
Getting Started Guides
When brainstorming potential solutions to a district problem of practice, it can often be helpful to look to others for inspiration. This set of introductory guides shares research and examples related to common problems of practice in education.
Article: How to: Run a Crazy Eights Exercise to Generate Design Ideas
When brainstorming potential solutions to a problem of practice, a structured brainstorming activity can help ignite creative thinking. This guide from “I Am Not My Pixels” shares directions for “Crazy Eights,” a structured brainstorming activity.