Easter Activities for the Classroom

We’ve curated several Easter activities for the classroom that celebrate the holiday while helping students build their reading, writing, and math skills! Celebrating holidays like Easter in the classroom connects students from different cultures and backgrounds. By incorporating the holiday into the school day through themed activities, such as the ones throughout this page, [...]

By |2024-03-25T15:07:47-05:00March 22nd, 2024|English, Holidays, Math, Teachers & Tutors|

Free Pi Day Activities for Your Classroom

March 14th (the date representation of the universally known 3.1415926…) is drawing near, so we’ve prepared several Pi Day activities for your classroom! While math can be a touchy subject among students, especially for middle and high schoolers, using holiday-themed activities to reinforce concepts being taught in the classroom is extremely effective in keeping [...]

By |2024-03-13T18:37:51-05:00March 13th, 2024|Holidays, Math, Teachers & Tutors|

Valentine’s Day Activities – Math and English | Piqosity

These Valentine's Day activities for school are great ways to enrich your classroom this February! Your students will be exceptionally engaged and excited to learn when you integrate holiday celebrations into your lesson plans. Math and ELA skills are particularly important in every student’s education, so we’ve collected several free classroom activities for this [...]

By |2024-02-13T14:30:50-06:00February 12th, 2024|English, Holidays, Math, Teachers & Tutors|

Chinese New Year Activities For Your Classroom

The Christmas decorations are put away and the fireworks are finished, but the celebrating continues as Chinese Lunar New Year starts on Saturday, February 10th, 2024. These free, fun Chinese New Year activities are sure to boost your students' engagement and expand their horizons this semester! This 23-day celebration is the perfect time to [...]

By |2024-02-06T18:49:11-06:00February 6th, 2024|Holidays, Teachers & Tutors|

11 Books to Read Before College for Juniors

We've assembled this collection of 11 books to read before college to help you improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension skills while simultaneously helping you prepare for the SAT.  Only have 20 minutes of free time per day in your packed junior year schedule? That’s perfect! According to a study conducted by Nagy and [...]

By |2024-06-08T23:17:39-05:00January 18th, 2024|English, Teachers & Tutors|

How to Motivate Students for Standardized Tests

Parents and teachers who are struggling with how to motivate students for standardized tests feel the truth behind the old cliché: “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” So how can you convince your students that it’s worth their time and energy to prepare fully and strategically for [...]

Multiplayer Math Games You Can “Count” On

If you are the parent, teacher, or tutor of a student who is particularly resistant to practicing their math skills, you’re no doubt eager for strategies to engage them—enter, multiplayer math games! Particularly in upper grade levels as the myth of “I suck at math” becomes more entrenched in students' learning, finding ways to [...]

By |2023-09-13T15:41:42-05:00August 23rd, 2023|Learning Tips, Math, Teachers & Tutors|

How to Use ESSER or EANS Funds to Procure Piqosity

Nearly $200 billion in federal, pandemic relief through ESSER (public schools) and EANS (independent schools) can completely offset the purchase of learning loss measurement and mitigation software like Piqosity. Learning loss is such a serious concern that federal law even stipulates that a minimum of 20% of available funds must be used by schools to [...]

By |2024-02-22T13:01:39-06:00April 19th, 2023|Learning Tips, Teachers & Tutors|

Masterfully Written Poems to Teach Figurative Language

Happy April! In celebration of National Poetry Month, last year we tweeted memorable poems twice a week; for 2023, we’ve developed this guide of famous, influential, short, and long poems to teach figurative language. Poems are all about figurative and hidden meanings, so they’re a great way to familiarize oneself with abstract language. Understanding [...]

By |2024-04-05T14:03:20-05:00April 6th, 2023|English, Teachers & Tutors|
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