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Social Awareness Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
What are the benefits of developing social awareness? Using the resource, readers learn strategies for fostering civil discourse, creating a participatory classroom, and enhancing family involvement. Scholars also take a personality...
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Transforming Education

Growth Mindset Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Help your students develop a growth mindset with a list of sample strategies for prioritizing efforts instead of results.Pupils learn how to embrace mistakes, set high expectations, and focus on process over product.
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West Virginia Department of Education

Technical Writing: Real-World Writing in the 21st Century

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Wondering how to respond to the age-old question when will I ever use this? The answer is very simple when discussing technical writing. Teachers and administrators gain an understanding of using technical writing in the classroom....
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Self-Management Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th
What self-management techniques help scholars achieve their goals? Readers review a list of strategies for managing stress, increasing motivation, and setting goals. They discover how to monitor their emotions, create checklists to stay...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Learning Skills for Interview and Group Discussion Communications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the skills needed for interviews and group discussions including taking notes, exploring a topic, and staying on topic. It also provides a link to a model interview. SL.11-12.6 Speaking tasks
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Group Discussion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
We will all encounter situations where we need to work with a group of people, whether in class, business, or socially. This slideshow reviews the different types of groups and the roles each person plays in group discussions....
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Small Group Discussions

For Students 9th
We will engage in small-group discussions to demonstrate our understanding of our research topics. This will help us prepare for further research and product creation.
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Better Lesson: Shared Inquiry Discussion

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Students learn to generate ideas with a clear focus in response to questions while participating in a shared inquiry discussion. Included are shared inquiry guidelines, and tips on discussing fiction and non-fiction books using this method.
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Other

I Buzzle: Group Discussion Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Group discussion activities help at several levels, may it be professional or personal. The following article will highlight the importance of these activities and provide you with examples. The activities described can help with warming...
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University of California

Berkeley: Teaching Discussion Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on group discussion-style teaching. It provides links to topics such as follows: Creating Discussion Guidelines, Classroom Activities, Group Work, Group Work: Techniques, Group Work: Design Guidelines, Encouraging...
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University of California

University of California Berkeley: Teaching Discussion [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A guide for instructors on how to engage students actively in discussions. SL.9-10.1 Discussion, SL.9-10.1b Group Rules, SL.9-10.1d Possitive Communication Stratagies, SL.11-12.1 Discussion, SL.11-12.1d Resolve/Synthesize
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Better Lesson: Philosophical Chairs Discussion

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Philosophical Chairs discussions allow learners to make meaning of texts while developing, defending, and supporting their claims. This resource walks you through how to implement this type of discussion in your classroom. Included are...
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Better Lesson: Analyzing Literary Devices With a Written Discussion

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will be able to analyze literary devices by participating in a written discussion. This activity is called "Pass the Paper". Students pass a sheet of paper around the room, with each student adding on. It's just a different way...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Alma's Way: Think It Through

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As Alma learns about families, friendships, and communities, she discovers that sometimes challenges and conflicts arise. In those moments, Alma stops and "thinks through" the situation. Then, she knows what to do! Support critical...
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Better Lesson: Sl.3.1: Engage Effectively in a Range of Collaborative Discussions

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Links to 175 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts,...
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Better Lesson: Sl.3.1b: Follow Agreed Upon Rules for Discussion

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 17 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.1b: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussion (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics...
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Better Lesson: Sl.4.1b: Follow Agreed Upon Rules for Discussion

For Students 4th Standards
Links to 57 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1b: Follow agreed upon rules for discussion and carry out assigned roles.
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Better Lesson: Sl.4.1a: Come to Discussions Prepared

For Students 4th Standards
Links to 36 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1a: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Extended Discussion of Text Meaning and Interpretation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Teachers should provide opportunities for students to engage in high-quality discussions of the meaning and interpretation of texts in various content areas as one important way to improve their reading comprehension.
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University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburg: Communicating Behaviors for Effective Work Groups

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Successful working groups are marked by a range of different communication behaviors-actions people do with words and gestures, which they can practice and improve over time. This site lists seven behaviors to improve communication in...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Brackets 8

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson focuses on the use of brackets. It lists 5 uses for brackets and discusses each one separately with examples showing proper use. The 5 uses are as follows: an insertion, within parentheses, a change in a quotation,...
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Other

Inside Higher Ed: 8 Ways to Improve Group Work Online

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article discusses why online collaboration skills are critical to student success in today's world and offers strategies for educators to help students do well in group projects.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Understanding Grouping With Illustrations

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use grouping with pictures to determine how many total groups of three are displayed. The video is followed by additional problems for...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Grouping With Illustrations Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use grouping to solve a word problem with division. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice the skills discussed...

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