"Kids can sound confident, but still have anxiety. Kids can look healthy and feel terrible. They can look happy but be miserable. We need to listen to our students with more than just our ears." —Toby Price @jedipadmaster
Here's to noticing more closely today. ❤️
(📸 via educator Brent Coley, inspired by educator Toby Price)
What makes you proud to be a teacher?
There's so much for you to be proud of. 👏
A 2x10 notecatcher template that invites educators to gather notes about students gleaned from two-minute conversations held across 10 days.
2 minutes. 10 days. Deeper understanding of your Ss – and yourself.
Station Rotation: 6 Silent Collaborative Activities for Secondary Classrooms 1. Virtual Scavenger Hunt 2. Graffiti Team Time 3. Shared Visual Artifact 4. Podcast + Sketchnotes 5. Collaborative Annotations 6. Digital Collaboration Board Via Educator Catlin Tucker
6 ways Ss can learn collaboratively but quietly in stations – including a scavenger hunt and a shared visual artifact activity.
Explore the list from educator @catlintucker.com:
catlintucker.com/2025/11/stat...
"You will be an ancestor some day. How will you be remembered?"
This 25-60 minute activity from Stanford d.school sparks imagination and creative thinking!
dschool.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/documents/Po...
Anchor chart titled "End of Unit Reflection: Topic: Environments and Survival." Below are four questions, with sticky notes beneath each containing student responses: "U – What do you understand about the topic?" "N – What new information do you have?" "I – What's interesting about it?" "T – What was tricky for you?"
Before Ss move on from a unit, this reflection invites them to pause, reflect and consider next steps.
(Inspiration via educator Wendy Turner)
Share your favorite way to check in on students' well-being!
Giving presentations is a teachable skill – and so is listening and responding! This tool from @hthgse can scaffold your Ss' thinking.
hthgse.edu/videos/asses...
Your care can make all the difference. ❤️
Here's a strategy for pushing student thinking deeper, via T Ms. Spoon:
Your passion can ignite theirs. 💫
You are a difference maker – and don't you forget it! 💖
(Via educator Dr. Brad Johnson) #WhyITeach
⏰ Need a reset?
Educator Stephanie Howell shares this mid-year reflection tool!
With many entry points for reflection, Ts in educator @fhenderson1908's school community push for deeper reflection.
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What's one way you show every student that you care about their full story?
Preserving 10-15 minutes for a "soft start" may sound like a lot – but it's an investment in the whole day's learning.
Find out how, via @edutopia.org:
www.edutopia.org/article/crea...
If you have Ss who "don't like" reading, it might be time to introduce "Books and Bops"!
Read on for the full idea from T Jessyca Matthews:
www.teacher2teacher.education/2023/03/02/h...
How can you move Ss from formulaic writing toward more inspired self-expression?
Here's what worked for fellow educator Melanie Meehan:
twowritingteachers.org/2026/01/05/a...
Here's a "highlight" from T Phoenix Moonys' teacher toolkit!
🔥 No one lights that fire like your fellow Ts!
👋 Ts, check out this question and share your answer here: www.edutopia.org/ask-and-answ...
With this template from educator Carlota Holder, students pause to identify what they love about their learning – and where they want to go next!
"This year I really feel like there’s something for everyone."
Check out the annual #edtech roundup from educator @cultofpedagogy:
www.cultofpedagogy.com/6-ed-tech-to...
Learn. Grow. Repeat.
A screen showing a worksheet asking "Why?" "How?" "Can?" "Should?" "Would?" etc.
Student reflections written on sticky notes in response to various prompts.
Close up of student sticky notes sharing a "should" opinion about their learning.
💡 How do you invite students to share questions and opinions after a lesson?
Here's a strategy from educator Felicia Henderson:
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"I want class to feel empowering, and I want learning to feel like a journey, not a series of disconnected tasks."
Check out the shifts that helped T Chris Sarkonak put his vision into practice:
Poster describing ways students can show respect
❤️ Care
👂 Listening
🔎 Finding what I need
Ss in T Kristen Vibas can find support for showing respectful behavior by looking at the wall:
www.instagram.com/p/DRyAflfDODZ/
Graphic titled "ELL Tips for Math Teachers" includes tips pertaining to ELLs' math backgrounds, life experiences, math vocabulary, academic language, hands-on learning and native languages.
Math is for every student! This guide from Colorín Colorado helps you ensure your ELL students can succeed.
www.colorincolorado.org/guide/ell-ti...
A student engineering project mounted on a classroom wall
"As a new teacher, I faced the same dilemma every fall: What to put on the walls of my classroom?"
Read on to learn how one T developed his idea of "tribute walls," via @hthgse.bsky.social:
hthgse.edu/classroom-de...
