Academic Best Practices

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You are passionate about supporting unique learners, and that’s why we are ensuring you have the resources you need. We’ve gathered materials that cover the latest and most standards-aligned best practices—and many of these strategies are ready to apply immediately!

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Co-Teaching: Better Together

Learn how our panelists successfully co-taught, and why co-teaching is so valuable to students of all abilities.

Build a Co‑Teaching Relationship That Benefits You and Your Students

Learn about effective communication, planning, and instruction when teaming with another educator.

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Inclusive Classroom Communication

Learn about inclusive classroom communication, including 5 impactful lessons from our presenter.

Learning Recovery in 2021 and Beyond

Promote learning recovery with evidence-based interventions that address the holistic needs of a child.

Develop Early Literacy with Pre-Reading

Learn simple strategies to engage children with words and letters while building literacy skills.

Neuroplasticity and the Whole Child Approach to Teaching PDF

Learn how to use a whole child approach to maximize and promote students’ neuroplasticity.

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Formal Versus Informal Assessments

Find out what can be gained from these two types of assessments and how they can work together.

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The Power of Play

Explore the importance of play, the science behind it, and how it promotes learning and development.

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Hidden Curriculum

Learn about the hidden curriculum in classrooms—the unspoken messages sent to students.

Informal Assessments Improve Planning

Identify specific skills to build and strategies to use when planning instruction for each learner.

Teaching Through Manipulative Supports

Learn how to pair manipulative supports with language and literacy instruction.

Language and Literacy: Sum It Up

Help students build comprehension and writing skills with this flexible summarizing strategy.

Differentiation of Instruction

Increase understanding and engagement for a range of students by planning around three key elements.

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How to Trace Character Development

See a three-step process that gives struggling readers a way to use what they know to analyze texts.

Teach Math Using Explicit Instruction

Help students struggling with computation, word problems, and using known skills in new situations.

Language and Literacy: Reciprocal Teaching

Students can share their ideas in a structured, supportive manner with this intervention process.

Creative Vocabulary Tactics for Mastery

Build a strong knowledge base and deeper understanding to help students master standards.

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Teach Math with Visual Representations

All students, especially unique learners, benefit from appropriate visuals in math instruction.

Add Math Vocabulary into Instruction

Help students understand the math they’re learning on a deeper conceptual level.

Author’s Purpose: As Easy as Eating Pie!

Use a fun pie-eating activity to give students a memorable way to uncover author’s purpose in texts.

Teach Math with Examples and Scaffolding

These best practices help unique learners gain skills they can build upon for further success.

Instructional Approaches for Student Success

Meet unique learners’ needs with blended learning, co-teaching, and cooperative learning strategies.

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A Main Idea Lesson to Reach All Learners

A concrete frame of reference and a pattern to follow help all students study literature.

Engagement: A Multisensory Approach

Foster deeper learning with greater content retention in kinesthetic learners.

Hands-On Fun with Math in the Kitchen

Help all learners explore math concepts in the real world and build practical skills.

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Help Readers Find Central Idea and Theme

Students who struggle benefit from explicit instruction and having a blueprint to aid text analysis.

A Vocabulary-Rich Teaching Environment

Enhance your students’ communication with this systematic approach.

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Help Students Be Inference Detectives

A 3-step process for making logical conclusions based on reasoning and evidence.

3 Strategies to Help Readers Track Plot

See how to support students who struggle with story comprehension or visualization.

How to Study Themes in Literature

Use this three-step plan to give struggling readers tools for uncovering themes.

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How Peer Support Promotes Inclusion

Learn evidence-based strategies for developing peer support plans.

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Inclusive Classroom Communication

Learn about inclusive classroom communication, including 5 impactful lessons from our presenter.