Reading comprehension happens when your child extracts meaning from what they’ve read. It’s the primary goal of reading and a crucial...
Category - Classroom Instruction
Our classroom instruction articles focus on management, high quality lesson planning and delivering, and research backed strategies and tips for educators.
Every school year starts the same way. You set up your room to be the ideal learning environment. You create a space where students feel safe and...
Announcing Whiteboard 13: Support for Parents, Teachers, and Coaches
I still remember the moment I learned that my children’s school would be closed for two weeks due to COVID-19. I should have seen it coming;...
4 Speaking and Writing Strategies for English Learners
We really know something when we can teach it, right? English learners (ELs) at the beginning level of English proficiency struggle to explain their...
Most of us are in uncharted territory as learning moves online quickly in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Texas Commissioner of Education, Mike...
Recently I attended #ALTSXSWedu, a grassroots conference led by local educational technology leader, Carl Hooker, and put together by educators from...
As teachers, our students come first. After all, our students spend more time in our classrooms than anywhere else. With the recent outbreak of Covid...
The guru of organizing, Marie Kondo, took America by storm when she came out with her Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. Her “KonMari...