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English Language Arts

Opinion Writing in Response to Literature Activity

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Opinion Activity

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Operations and Algebraic Thinking Activities

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Moral/Advice Poem Activity

6th-8th Grade

Improved Instruction

Mind Map Mini Lesson Plan

K-12

English Language Arts

Metaphor Activity

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Measurement and Data Volume Activity

3rd-5th Grade

Mathematics

Meaning of the Equal Sign Lesson Plan

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Math Tic-Tac-Toe Activity

K-12

English Language Arts

Making Inferences: What Am I? Activity

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Make Words Work Activity

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Logic Puzzles

3rd-5th Grade

Mathematics

Lines of Symmetry Activity

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Letters and Name Lesson Plan

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Let's Shop Activity

6th-8th Grade

Improved Instruction

Just Ask Questions Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

Mathematics

Investigating Multiplication Properties Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas ELA Lesson Plan

9th-12th Grade

English Language Arts

Informational Text: Point of View & Main Point Activities

6th-8th Grade

English Language Arts

Informational Text Matching Activity

PreK-2nd Grade

English Language Arts

Informational Text Features Activity

PreK-2nd Grade

English Language Arts

Identifying Arguments and Counter Arguments Activity

9th-12th Grade

English Language Arts

How Does The Turning Point Affect Theme? Activity

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Gratuities and Commissions Lesson Plan

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Graphing A Variety of Functions Lesson Plan

9th-12th Grade

Technology

Google Tasks Summative Assessment Ideas

K-12

STEM/STEAM and 21st Century Skills

Gaining Access to Water STEM Activity

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Functions Compare and Contrast Lesson Plan

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Functions Activity

6th-8th Grade

Improved Instruction

Fun With Infographics Graphic Organizer

3rd-5th Grade

Mathematics

Frayer Model Graphic Organizer for Mathematics

K-12

Social Emotional Learning

Fostering Connection and Communication Discussion Questions

K-12

English Language Arts

Figuratively Speaking: Pet Poems Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

Social Emotional Learning

Feelings Four Corners Activity

K-12

Social Emotional Learning

FAST Character Sketch

K-12

English Language Arts

Exploring Theme Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Evaluating Evidence in Literature Activity

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Estimating Very Large and Very Small Numbers Lesson Plan

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Equivalent Fractions Worksheet

3rd-5th Grade

Mathematics

Equivalent Expressions and Functions Activity

9th-12th Grade

Mathematics

Eight Mathematical Practices Lesson Plan for 4th Grade

3rd-5th Grade

Special Education/Special Populations

Effective Strategies for ELLs

K-12

Science/Social Studies

Drops on a Penny Lab

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Dreams (Literature and Art) Lesson Plan

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Domino Math Activity

PreK-2nd Grade

Improved Instruction

Differentiated Assignment Planning Template

K-12

English Language Arts

Determining Word Meaning From Word Structure Lesson Plan

9th-12th Grade

Mathematics

Defining Attributes of Shapes Lesson Plan

PreK-2nd Grade

Technology

Creating Your Own Podcast Checklist

6th-8th Grade

English Language Arts

Creating An Animal Anthology Unit Plan

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Creating A Box Plot Lesson Plan

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Counting With Coins Activity

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Counting to 100 Lesson Plan

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Counting and Measuring Activities

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Correlation vs. Causation Lesson Plan

9th-12th Grade

Mathematics

Coordinate Connections Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Context Clues Practice Worksheet

6th-8th Grade

Social Emotional Learning

Conflict Resolution Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Comparing Texts: Thoreau and Emerson Lesson Plan

9th-12th Grade

English Language Arts

Commas, Parentheses, Dashes, and Ellipses: Using Punctuation to Properly Pause Lesson Plan

6th-8th Grade

English Language Arts

Comma Connection Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Color Coding for Paragraph Structure Elements Activity

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Colon or Semicolon Lesson Plan

9th-12th Grade

Mathematics

Class Picnic Math Activity

3rd-5th Grade

Mathematics

Circular Thinking: Discovering the Area Formula for Circles Lesson Plan

6th-8th Grade

Science/Social Studies

Cell Activity

6th-8th Grade

English Language Arts

Captain Capitalization Lesson Plan

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Building, Interpreting and Solving Functions Activity

9th-12th Grade

English Language Arts

Book Books: What We Think Lesson Plan

PreK-2nd Grade

STEM/STEAM and 21st Century Skills

Blow Your House Down STEM & Literature Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Better Words Lesson Plan

PreK-2nd Grade

Mathematics

Best Cell Phone Plan Math Activity

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Base 10 Number Concepts Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Avoiding Cliches Lesson Plan

9th-12th Grade

Mathematics

Algebra Annuities Lesson Plan

9th-12th Grade

Mathematics

Algebra 1 Practice Worksheets

9th-12th Grade

Mathematics

Addition Practice Worksheets

PreK-2nd Grade

English Language Arts

Adding Sounds and Pictures Lesson Plan

6th-8th Grade

Mathematics

Adding and Subtracting Integers Lesson Plan

6th-8th Grade

English Language Arts

Active Reading Chart

9th-12th Grade

STEM/STEAM and 21st Century Skills

Literary-Based STEM Activities

PreK-2nd Grade

Improved Instruction

Start, Stop, Continue Reflection Activity

K-12

Social Emotional Learning

Social Emotional Learning (SEL): Planning for Instruction Worksheet

K-12

Technology

Podcast Reflection Worksheet

K-12

Improved Instruction

Planning Worksheet: Effective PLC Traits

K-12

Social Emotional Learning

Mindfulness Cards Worksheet

K-12

English Language Arts

Inquiry-Based Reading Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

Social Emotional Learning

Habits of Mind Reflection Worksheet

K-12

Social Emotional Learning

Habits of Mind Definitions Worksheet

K-12

Social Emotional Learning

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Reading Lesson Plan

3rd-5th Grade

Special Education/Special Populations

THIEVES Pre Reading Template Worksheet

3rd-5th Grade

English Language Arts

Reading Informational Text: Citing Evidence As Support Lesson Plan

6th-8th Grade

Culture and Climate

Back to School Student Survey Worksheet

6th-8th Grade

English Language Arts

Annotation Stations Lesson Plan: Informational Text

6th-8th Grade

Culture and Climate

Change Readiness Strategies

All Grades

Culture and Climate

Ready for a Change? Questionnaire

All Grades

Improved Instruction

All Student Response Tasks

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Higher and Lower Level Thinking Question Stems

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Higher-Level Questioning: Think-Pair-Share Routine

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Accountability Discussion Stems

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Correcting Student Misbehavior

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Student-Centered Discipline Principles

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Sticky Note Task List

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Executive Functioning Skills Development

All Grades

Focus on Families

Partnering with Parents Survey

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Small Group Instruction: Teacher Reflection

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Small Group Instruction Lesson Planner

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Cold-Calling Techniques: A Guide for Success

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

MCAP Vocabulary and Grammar Training Guide for Administrators

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

Analyzing MCAP Data with Teachers: A Guide for Leaders

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

M-Step Passage Based Writing (PBW) Constructed Response Lesson Plan

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

Getting Started: Familiarizing your Staff with M-Step/Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

M-Step Question Types and Examples

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

M-Step Released Samples and Answer Keys

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

M-Step Fast Facts

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

Commonly Used Vocabulary on the M-Step

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

A Guide to MCAP Rubrics

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

A Guide to the MCAP Public Release Task Website

All Grades

PARCC/NJSLA

Group Scoring Protocol: Using MCAP Rubrics

All Grades

Culture and Climate

Coaching Conversation Stems: A Quick Guide for School Administrators

All Grades

Special Education/Special Populations

Coaching Teachers to Support English Language Learners: A Quick Guide for School Administrators

All Grades

Culture and Climate

Maximizing Faculty Meetings: A Quick Guide for School Administrators

All Grades

Technology

Email Mastery for School Administrators: Best Practices for Efficient Management

All Grades

Focus on Families

Collaborative Conversations: Addressing Student Behavior with Parents

All Grades

Focus on Families

Partnering with Parents: A Guide to Addressing Student Behavior Concerns

All Grades

Culture and Climate

The CALMO Framework for Administrators

All Grades

Technology

6 Questions for Students to Ask About AI in the Classroom

All Grades

Technology

6 Ways to Effectively Use AI in the Classroom

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Post a Problem

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Strategy Spotlight

All Grades

Culture and Climate

Power Messages

All Grades

Culture and Climate

Playlists: A Community Builder

All Grades

Improved Instruction

A Guide to Reflective Conversations

All Grades

Improved Instruction

The Blueprint for Maryland's Future: An Acronym Guide

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Instructional Feedback Loop Flowchart

All Grades

Improved Instruction

PLC Meeting Agenda for New Teachers

All Grades

Special Education/Special Populations

Multilingual Learner Language Acquisition Reference Sheet

All Grades

Special Education/Special Populations

Modifying Lesson Plans for Multilingual Learner Success: A Checklist

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Instructional Observation Reference Sheet

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Focused Look-for Capture Sheet

All Grades

Culture and Climate

New Year Checklist for Administrators

All Grades

English Language Arts

Shrinking Summary

All Grades

English Language Arts

2023 NJSLS-ELA Coding Reference Sheet

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Reflection Questionnaire for Administrators

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Lesson Plan Template for Building Thinking Classrooms

All Grades

English Language Arts

Think Aloud Teaching Strategy Guide

All Grades

Mathematics

Getting Started: Integrating The Revised NJSLS-M Into Science Instruction

All Grades

English Language Arts

Triple Entry Journal

All Grades

Assessment

Analyzing Common Formative Assessment Data Protocol

All Grades

Social Emotional Learning

2 Trauma-Informed Behavior Strategies

All Grades

Culture and Climate

Culturally Responsive Teaching Checklist

All Grades

Culture and Climate

3 Key Findings to Encourage Harmony with Staff

All Grades

English Language Arts

6 Elements of Structured Literacy

All Grades

Mathematics

Math Facts Contract

All Grades

Science/Social Studies

C-E-R Model Organizer

All Grades

Improved Instruction

See, Think, Wonder Chart

All Grades

English Language Arts

Revised NJSLS Foundational Standards Planning Sheet

All Grades

Culture and Climate

Team Building Activities for Staff

All Grades

Culture and Climate

I am Amazing, and Here is Why!

All Grades

Culture and Climate

12 Ways to Design More Engaging and Inclusive Meetings

All Grades

Mathematics

Climate Change in Mathematics: A Resource Toolkit

All Grades

English Language Arts

Words for Change: A Resource Guide for Implementing Climate Change Mandates

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Classroom Norming T-Chart

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Class Feedback

All Grades

Improved Instruction

4 Levers of Instructional Leadership

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Four Strategic Questions to Guide Effective PLCs

All Grades

Improved Instruction

10 PLC Topics to Raise Student Achievement

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Top Elements of Successful PLCs

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Stop, Start, Continue Reflection Tool for School Leaders

All Grades

Culture and Climate

School Staff Survey to Fuel Leadership Growth

All Grades

Social Emotional Learning

Empathy Map

All Grades

Assessment

Electric Homework: Promoting Differentiation and Student Choice

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Learning Menu Template

All Grades

English Language Arts

5 Questions to Assess New Teachers’ Reading Philosophies

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Helpful Resources

All Grades

Mathematics

2023 Changes to NJSLS Mathematics

All Grades

English Language Arts

2023 Changes to NJSLS ELA

All Grades

English Language Arts

Analyzing Students' Literary Analysis Task Essays

All Grades

Assessment

Assessment Driven Instruction Plan

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Unit Map and Wrap

All Grades

Improved Instruction

15 Entrance Slips to Foster Emotional Well-Being

All Grades

Culture and Climate

Exit Tickets to Promote Student Well-Being

All Grades

Culture and Climate

Building Trusting Relationships Through Informal Chats

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Educator Self-Study on Student Motivation

All Grades

English Language Arts

Grammar Do Nows: Troublesome Word Pairs

All Grades

Improved Instruction

Enhancing Coaching with Differentiated Feedback

All Grades

Culture and Climate

The Pineapple Chart: Fostering a Collaborative Culture through Informal Observations

All Grades

Social Emotional Learning

15 SEL Entrance Slips for Daily Use

All Grades

Improved Instruction

12 Exit Tickets for Any Content Area

All Grades

Social Emotional Learning

Teacher Wellness Plan

All Grades

Social Emotional Learning

Monthly Mood Tracker

All Grades

Social Emotional Learning

30-Day Teacher Wellness Challenge

All Grades

Social Emotional Learning

5-Minute Gratitude Journal

All Grades

Social Emotional Learning

Teacher Wellness Self-Assessment

All Grades

Supporting Teachers and Administrators through...

Subject

Grade Level

Content Type

Membership Plan

Opinion Writing in Response to Literature Activity

Opinion Activity

Operations and Algebraic Thinking Activities

Moral/Advice Poem Activity

Mind Map Mini Lesson Plan

Metaphor Activity

Measurement and Data Volume Activity

Meaning of the Equal Sign Lesson Plan

Math Tic-Tac-Toe Activity

Making Inferences: What Am I? Activity

Make Words Work Activity

Logic Puzzles

Lines of Symmetry Activity

Letters and Name Lesson Plan

Let's Shop Activity

Just Ask Questions Lesson Plan

Investigating Multiplication Properties Lesson Plan

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas ELA Lesson Plan

Informational Text: Point of View & Main Point Activities

Informational Text Matching Activity

Informational Text Features Activity

Identifying Arguments and Counter Arguments Activity

How Does The Turning Point Affect Theme? Activity

Gratuities and Commissions Lesson Plan

Graphing A Variety of Functions Lesson Plan

Google Tasks Summative Assessment Ideas

Gaining Access to Water STEM Activity

Functions Compare and Contrast Lesson Plan

Functions Activity

Fun With Infographics Graphic Organizer

Frayer Model Graphic Organizer for Mathematics

Fostering Connection and Communication Discussion Questions

Figuratively Speaking: Pet Poems Lesson Plan

Feelings Four Corners Activity

FAST Character Sketch

Exploring Theme Lesson Plan

Evaluating Evidence in Literature Activity

Estimating Very Large and Very Small Numbers Lesson Plan

Equivalent Fractions Worksheet

Equivalent Expressions and Functions Activity

Eight Mathematical Practices Lesson Plan for 4th Grade

Effective Strategies for ELLs

Drops on a Penny Lab

Dreams (Literature and Art) Lesson Plan

Domino Math Activity

Differentiated Assignment Planning Template

Determining Word Meaning From Word Structure Lesson Plan

Defining Attributes of Shapes Lesson Plan

Creating Your Own Podcast Checklist

Creating An Animal Anthology Unit Plan

Creating A Box Plot Lesson Plan

Counting With Coins Activity

Counting to 100 Lesson Plan

Counting and Measuring Activities

Correlation vs. Causation Lesson Plan

Coordinate Connections Lesson Plan

Context Clues Practice Worksheet

Conflict Resolution Lesson Plan

Comparing Texts: Thoreau and Emerson Lesson Plan

Commas, Parentheses, Dashes, and Ellipses: Using Punctuation to Properly Pause Lesson Plan

Comma Connection Lesson Plan

Color Coding for Paragraph Structure Elements Activity

Colon or Semicolon Lesson Plan

Class Picnic Math Activity

Circular Thinking: Discovering the Area Formula for Circles Lesson Plan

Cell Activity

Captain Capitalization Lesson Plan

Building, Interpreting and Solving Functions Activity

Book Books: What We Think Lesson Plan

Blow Your House Down STEM & Literature Lesson Plan

Better Words Lesson Plan

Best Cell Phone Plan Math Activity

Base 10 Number Concepts Lesson Plan

Avoiding Cliches Lesson Plan

Algebra Annuities Lesson Plan