Physically acting out a text enhances reading comprehension.

Students practice making and finding meaning in their reading through a book club model.

Content that is provided in clear, short chunks can support students' Working Memory.

Building positive and trusting relationships with learners allows them to feel safe; a sense of belonging; and that their academic, cognitive, and social and emotional needs are supported.

Checklists and rubrics help students develop their abilities to self-assess and revise their writing.

When peers are able to work together to plan, draft, edit, and revise their compositions, their writing quality improves.

Students activate more cognitive processes by exploring and representing their understandings in visual form.

Dim or natural lighting provides a calming environment.

When teachers provide explicit instruction in comprehension strategies and model when to use them, students learn how to flexibly apply them to make meaning of texts.

Explicitly teaching strategies for different genres, like narrative or persuasive writing, helps students write for different purposes and audiences.

Seeing and using new words repeatedly and in many contexts is critical for Vocabulary acquisition.

Research shows that, along with traditional reading comprehension strategies, students use unique strategies to read the non-linear, hyperlinked structure of online texts.

Explicitly teaching strategies for planning, writing, and revising texts improves students' writing quality.

Teaching students how to label, identify, and manage emotions helps them learn Inhibition & Self-Regulation skills.

When students explain their thinking process aloud, they recognize the strategies they use and solidify their understanding.

Providing constructive feedback supports students' writing development by letting them know how to improve their writing.

Teachers can help students understand that learning involves effort, mistakes, and reflection by teaching them about their malleable brain and modeling their own learning process.

As students walk through stations working in small groups, the social and physical nature of the learning supports deeper understanding.

Setting overall goals, as well as smaller goals as steps to reaching them, encourages consistent, achievable progress and helps students feel confident in their skills and abilities.

Providing feedback that focuses on the process of developing skills conveys the importance of effort and motivates students to persist when learning.

Having spaces where students can go supports self-regulation and individual deliberate practice.

As students work with and process information by discussing, organizing, and sharing it together, they deepen their understanding.

Journaling allows students to reflect on their thinking and feelings, process their learning, and connect new information to what they know.

Full sentence manipulatives allow students to practice producing more complex Syntax and writing.

Providing physical representations of parts of a sentence activates learners' mental processes.

Through short but regular mindfulness activities, students develop their awareness and ability to focus.

Short breaks that include mindfulness quiet the brain to allow for improved thinking and emotional regulation.

Multiple tables and chairs on wheels allow for setting up the classroom to support the desired learning outcomes of each classroom activity.

By talking through their thinking at each step of a process, teachers can model what learning looks like.

Brain breaks that include movement allow learners to refresh their thinking and focus on learning new information.

Instruction in multiple formats allows students to activate different cognitive skills to understand and remember the steps they are to take in their literacy work.

Multiple display spaces promote collaboration by allowing groups to share information easily as they work.

Multiple writing surfaces promote collaboration by allowing groups to share information easily as they work.

Connecting information to music and dance can support Short-term and Long-term Memory by engaging auditory processes, Emotions, and physical activity.

Research shows physical activity improves focus and creativity.

Playful activities can support the development of learners' Metacognition and also inspire their narratives and writing.

When students reframe negative thoughts and tell themselves kind self-statements, they practice positive self-talk.

Maintaining consistent classroom routines and schedules ensures that students are able to trust and predict what will happen next.

Project-based learning (PBL) actively engages learners in authentic tasks designed to create products that answer a given question or solve a problem.

Cards with strategies for managing emotions help students remember how to act when faced with strong feelings.

When students read models of the type of writing they are doing, they can identify effective elements to incorporate in their writing.

Decreasing extra audio input provides a focused learning environment.

Reading aloud books about skills children are learning provides another model for their development.

When students explain to others, they deepen their understanding and gain confidence in their learning.

Providing space and time for students to reflect is critical for moving what they have learned into Long-term Memory.

Response devices boost engagement by encouraging all students to answer every question.

With figurative language and creative sentence structure, poetry supports the development of a deeper understanding of the different ways language makes meaning.

Books on social and emotional learning (SEL) topics, such as developing empathy and productive persistence, help teach these skills.

When students engage in a dialogue with themselves, they are able to orient, organize, and focus their thinking.

When students monitor their comprehension, performance, and use of strategies when reading and writing, they build their Metacognition.

Incorporating multiple senses with strategies like chewing gum, using a vibrating pen, and sitting on a ball chair supports focus and Attention.

Providing ways for students to adjust sound level supports individual auditory needs.

Using earplugs or headphones can increase focus and comfort.

Providing students a voice in their learning is critical for making learning meaningful.

Providing ways for students to meet their individual temperature needs supports Attention and Inhibition & Self-Regulation.

Students develop literacy skills by listening to and speaking with others in informal ways.

Timers help students learn how to self-pace and transition.

Tossing a ball, beanbag, or other small object activates physical focus in support of mental focus.

Spaces that are structured, organized, and clean provide increased room for collaboration and active learning.

Videos developed with discussion guides can teach students about social and emotional learning (SEL) skills.

Word sorts are multisensory activities that help learners identify patterns and group words based on different categories.

Writing conferences allow students to share, reflect on, and receive feedback about their writing, which promotes Motivation for revising.