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Breathing Exercises to Support Mental, Emotional, and Social Health
Join nationally board certified Health Education Coordinator Michelle Presley as she addresses student stress and the importance of mental health. In this video, Michelle showcases deep breathing exercises, an accessible
Engagement Through Feedback and Choice
Join Kelli Merrill-Topliff as she discusses how ‘perceived competence’ impacts student engagement. In this video, she reveals how specific feedback and thoughtful choices in the classroom can bolster a student’s
Supporting Mental, Emotional, and Social Health – Elementary School
Daniele Della Gala, a teacher leader with the California Physical Education and Health Project, shares specific ideas and actions to help elementary school teachers support their students’ mental health in
Supporting Mental, Emotional, and Social Health – Middle School
Savannah Linhares, a middle school science teacher, introduces a proactive approach to address student mental health issues. Drawing on alarming CDC statistics, she emphasizes the critical need for mental health
Asking Open-Ended Questions
In this video, Dr. Susan Hawkins introduces the impactful instructional practice of asking open-ended questions. This approach encourages deeper thinking among students by placing value on their ideas and fostering
Using Jamboard to Build Rapport with Students
In this video, bilingual educator Monica Galvan from El Cajon, California, shares her strategies to build rapport with students using Google’s Jamboard, a free digital whiteboard tool. Monica demonstrates how
The One-Pager Activity
This video introduces ‘The One-Pager’, a versatile teaching tool that allows students to express their understanding of lessons creatively and concisely. The tool can be used across various forms of
Classroom Management In Secondary Grades
Setting and managing expectations with secondary students is the key to building positive relationships and maintaining classroom management. Watch this video to learn about some key tips and strategies before
Power Writing: A Writing Fluency Activity
“Power Writing” a writing fluency activity that is quick, easy, and requires no prior preparation. It engages students in a meaningful writing activity and is best used in kindergarten through
The Raffle Ticket Activity
“The Raffle Ticket Activity” is a positive behavior support strategy that encourages students to engage actively in lessons and promotes behaviors such as raising their hand and communicating effectively within
Build Rapport at the Door
“Build Rapport at the Door” is a long-term relationship building strategy so students are more likely to be engaged in learning, feel supported and comfortable asking for help when they
Possible Sentences
“Possible Sentences” is a fun pre-reading strategy that gets the students a little bit of context of what the article or the reading is going to be about, and offers
Reading Like an Actor
“Reading Like an Actor” is a reading and thinking strategy used in the theater that can be valuable in the English Language Arts classroom to help students dive deeper into
The Writing Roadmap
Learn how to use the “Writing Roadmap”, a helpful list that provides guidance to students in any writing activity while also allowing them to track their progress.
Think-Pair-Share
Learn how to use the “Think-Pair-Share” strategy, an engaging discussion technique that gives students a chance to formulate their own thoughts to a question before they have a chance to
Chunking a Text: Supports for Accessing Grade Level Texts
Learn a powerful strategy to help middle and high school students analyze and summarize complex texts by “chunking” them.
Fun Visual Math Puzzles
Learn a fun and engaging way of using visuals to introduce algebraic concepts to students from grades 3-12.
Four Corners
Find out how you can use the four corners of your classroom (or any room!) to engage students and encourage them to listen to each other’s perspectives.
Counting in a Circle (Sparkle)
Learn an easy, engaging and flexible routine that can help prepare young learners for counting and spelling.
Did You Know That…?
Learn a quick write strategy that helps you build relationships with your students by giving them a low-stakes platform for sharing information or asking questions.
See, Mean, Matter
Learn a three-step strategy that can help students think of visual imagery in a more complex way and explore how messages are constructed.
Listening Word Games
Learn about three listening sound games you can use with young learners to prepare them for reading and spelling.
Sentence Stretchers
Kate Bowen, a retired Elementary teacher, shows us how to apply “Sentence Stretchers” to help students add detail and variety to even the most basic of sentences.
Managing Classroom Noise Levels
Maria Montes Clemens, an elementary school Spanish teacher at Prospect Sierra, shares three classroom management strategies to help you create an orderly learning environment: the “Voice-O-Meter”, the “Give Me Five”,
Connecting to Emotions Using a Student-Generated Playlist
Charity Tanaleon, former band director at Norwood Junior High School, uses student-created music playlists as a way to learn more about students and engage them to reflect and express their
Ask Small Questions First
Kyle Dimla, a high school environmental science and
biology teacher, shares how he generates engagement and discussion in the classroom by asking small questions and using the see, think, and
Three Reads Protocol
Gloria Hurtado, 8th grade math teacher at Hillsborough Junior High School, tells us how to utilize the “Three Reads Protocol” to help students better understand what a math word problem
Middle School P.E.
Kimberly Steffen shares best practices and tips for anyone wishing to teach Middle School P.E. (This is the third video of the four-part Physical Education video collection.)
Elementary School P.E.
Danielle Della Gala shares best practices and tips for anyone wishing to teach Elementary School P.E. (This is the second video of the four-part Physical Education video collection.)
Teaching Physical Education
Terry Piper kicks off the four-part Teaching Physical Education video series by sharing best practices and tips for anyone wishing to teach P.E. in schools.
For tips specific to Elementary,