Some of the consistent difficulties that ALL educators are confronted with include challenging behaviors and decreased motivation. It can be overwhelming to think these issues can never change. Enter a growth mindset. A growth mindset is a concept that people believe their basic abilities...
Category - Strategic Instruction
Do You Know Your Gifted and Talented Program Goals?
Gifted and Talented (GT) Programs vary across campuses, districts, and the state. Do you know your gifted and talented program goals? Are you...
Every March I watch round after round of NCAA college basketball. A few inches can make the difference between a game-saving win or a loss. Players...
Have you ever had a defeated feeling after you taught a lesson you thought was perfection, only to be met with blank stares and confusion from your...
Formative Assessment is a teacher tool that’s sometimes overlooked but incredibly powerful tool. Formative assessments are a valuable piece of...
6 Remote Learning Strategies to Successfully Check for Your Students’ Understanding
Remote learning is the new norm for fall instruction, and with this new norm there’s going to be some growing pains. We’ve previously...
Help Struggling Writers Improve with Sentence Stems
Sometimes our students struggle with communicating, especially when writing is involved. But we can still support our students and help them improve...
Reading Comprehension Strategies for Parents
Reading comprehension happens when your child extracts meaning from what they’ve read. It’s the primary goal of reading and a crucial...
Flexible Grouping Strategies for the Science Classroom
Group work and the science classroom go together like peanut butter and jelly – or like hydrogen and oxygen. Whether it’s a lab, discussion...
Project Based Learning (also known as PBL) is a method of instruction that encourages students to learn through the use of projects and problem...