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This Pinterest Board for Unleashing Student Superpowers shares resources for the six student superpowers: Wondering, Curating, Connecting, Digital Inking, Designing, and Gaming.

Try out these three instructional strategies on leveraging movement from Marcia Tate's Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites. (K-12)

This table from The Other Side of the Report Card spotlights the most widely accepted definition of SEL, the CASEL 5 (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning) with detailed definitions and behavioral examples. (K-12)

In this activity from Energizing Brain Breaks, students move their thumbs in different directions at the same time, which forces the brain to think two things at the same time. (K-12)

In this activity from Energizing Brain Breaks, each student moves a piece of paper around his/her waist without grabbing it. (K-12)

In this activity from Energizing Brain Breaks, one partner twists another partner's arms so that his/her brain really has to think to decide what finger to move.

This lesson from The Education Revolution is designed to help teachers introduce the concept of mental shift in a manner that increases student participation. 

Excerpted from The Education Revolution, this lesson groups brain-based learning strategies for increasing the rate of recall and retention more efficiently. 

The SEL Skill Trajectory from The Other Side of the Report Card details social-emotional learning (SEL) skill categories and subcategories, and the specific observational behaviors that compose each across the developmental trajectory. (K-12)

Post this chart from This Is Disciplinary Literacy to help you remember and make the connection between deeper learning and disciplinary literacy daily. (Secondary)

Shared from Fun-Size Academic Writing for Serious Learning, here are 25 ways to use the essays your students write to further the writing process.

Use this Text Complexity Tool from The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades K-2 to determine the complexity of texts and choose the best texts for your class at the right time to advance achievement.