Would you like a list of all of the lessons that your students will need this year during writing? This free guide is packed with specific lesson ideas for narrative, opinion and informational writing.
Writing workshop is my jam! Teaching writing shouldn’t feel like a chore. In these articles, you will find helpful strategies for mini lessons, writing conferences, editing, grading, and so much more.
Interactive notebooks have a bad rap - they take too long to cut and glue, so they aren’t worth so much time. However, for me, the pros outweigh the cons. In my experience, students retained more of what they learned with INBs, and I was better able to meet the needs...
Differentiation is a difficult concept for many teachers. However, it’s actually easier than many people think - and are probably already doing. According to ASCD, teachers can modify four elements to differentiate instruction: content, process, product, and...
Are you Team Textbook or Team Passages? Often, teachers are solidly in one camp or the other. There are solid reasons for using either one and also reasons to not use them. Let’s examine the pros and cons of each.TextbooksAt one point I was solidly anti-textbook and...
In my experience, students retained more of what they learned with INBs, and I was better able to meet the needs of my students.
Differentiation is a difficult concept for many teachers. However, it’s actually easier than many people think and are probably already doing.
Are you Team Textbook or Team Passages? There are solid reasons for using either one and also reasons to not use them. Let’s examine the pros and cons of each.
In my experience, students retained more of what they learned with INBs, and I was better able to meet the needs of my students.
Differentiation is a difficult concept for many teachers. However, it’s actually easier than many people think and are probably already doing.
Are you Team Textbook or Team Passages? There are solid reasons for using either one and also reasons to not use them. Let’s examine the pros and cons of each.
From my experience, I know things I have done that made my lessons less accessible, but I wanted to get ideas from students, too. (Luckily, I have access to students through my kids.)
As I love to read and have many fond memories of books from childhood, it makes sense that read-aloud time was one of my favorite things in the classroom.
To help everyone kick back, relax, and enjoy themselves, I am holding the Summer Fun Challenge from June 5 to August 6.
With targeted interventions and a supportive classroom environment, these students can begin to feel successful, which in turn helps motivate them to try.
As students with poor reading skills fall farther behind, they tend to avoid reading, which weakens their skills and compounds the problem.
BalloonPop™ is self-correcting and self-paced. As students play, they are returned to the question to try again after an incorrect answer.
Review is good for students – but only if they are engaged and actively participate. Enter test prep games.
If you had taught my kids in middle school, you might not have even realized they both struggled with reading.
Let’s talk about a few ways we can teach students how not to stress over tests.
