Classroom Management and PBL Blog for Grades 6-12 Teachers
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Formative Assessment Strategies for Writing: Checks That Fit a Real Week
Formative assessment strategies for writing that read a sentence rather than a draft — six checks, the effect sizes by who gives the feedback, and the two popular practices that showed no measurable effect.
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TeachersPayTeachers 2026 Sale: Dates, Promo Codes, and a Strategy That Actually Saves Money
TeachersPayTeachers runs sitewide sales several times a year with up to 25 percent off. Here are the expected 2026 sale dates, how the discount stacks, what is worth buying, and a practical strategy to spend less without impulse-buying.
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Student Self Assessment for Group Work: What to Ask and What to Skip
Student self assessment in group work makes individual effort visible inside a shared product — five prompts, why one overall rating beats a seven-category scorecard, and why it must never touch a grade.
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Visual Classroom Transitions: Cues Students Can Actually See
Visual classroom transitions put the instruction somewhere students can look back at — four families of cue, a five-step build, the honest evidence on visual clutter, and what none of it proves for a secondary classroom.
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Student Self Assessment of Behavior: What It Fixes, What It Doesn’t
Student self assessment of behavior is a four-minute routine in which students rate their own conduct against observable criteria — with the four-step format, the accuracy research, and an honest account of what the evidence does and does not show for grades 6–12.
