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The updated unit places kindergartners in a superhero-themed learning environment that makes them heroes-in-training.

A strong sense of child development, a good curriculum, and careful kid watching are the tools any teacher can develop to tap into responsive and flexible teaching.

Recent misrepresentation of Fountas & Pinnell resources radically oversimplify complex issues to the detriment of teachers and students who benefit from their programs. This post offers provides clarity and corrects the most egregious inaccuracies.

Do you want your students to engage more authentically in math? Learn more about how to implement the math workshop framework!

Give students a range of soft start choices to choose their own path into the school day.

An updated Grade 1 Unit of Study (UoS) offers a potent new remedy for students who struggle with early literacy skills.

Use an observation survey to help supercharge collaboration in your classroom.

How can storytelling re-enter the classroom to compliment the critical literacy students are already building on?

Soft starts let kids begin the day by following their own curiosity. Learn more about them and try this activity.

Conferring is the process of coming to know our children more intimately, of building reciprocal trust, and of plotting their learning path alongside them.

By their nature, core programs have trouble meeting every student’s needs. How to fill the gaps of a core program or curriculum.

New research in reading instruction and better alignment of instructional materials lead students to engage challenging texts with confidence.

Today on the Heinemann Podcast we are joined by Executive Director of NAMI New Hampshire Susan Stearns to discuss the response to rising concern surrounding student mental health.

If you’re looking for ways to improve word-recognition instruction, it may be helpful to remember that responsive instruction can help.

Introducing operations through a story context ensures that the lesson focus is on understanding the operation rather than just performing a calculation.

Students learn about writing, even when they’re not in a writing workshop—by finding and studying their own mentor texts.

Creating change in our education system and our greater society is a longterm game and we need teachers fired up, ready to go, and whole.

Use a STEM Planner to help you consider units through the perspectives of diversity, equity, and inclusion.