Group work and the science classroom go together like peanut butter and jelly – or like hydrogen and oxygen. Whether it’s a lab, discussion, research, stations, partners, or interventions, there are many opportunities for science teachers to employ flexible grouping in their classrooms...
Project Based Learning is a method of instruction that encourages students to learn through the use of projects and problem solving. PBL projects are...
If you’ve never used them before, sentence stems are a scaffold which help students respond to questions and prompts using complete sentences...
Finding time for student writing in an ELAR class is hard, but it’s especially challenging in non ELAR classes. However, we know that the key...
How would you teach a young child to ride a bike? Would you give them a regular bike and say, “Go for it!” or would you start them off on a bike with...
Social Media. Students love it, parents fear it, teachers compete with it, and administrators underestimate the power of it. Social media allows you...
What do you think of when you hear PLCs? The idea of Professional Learning Communities in schools has been in practice for decades. The PLC teams...
The success of your students depends on whether or not they are absorbing the information you’re teaching them. Often as educators we get bogged down...
Guest post by Dr. Marcia L. Tate. Posted originally on Developing Minds, Inc. as “20 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT ENGAGE THE BRAIN: #7...
When we talk about classroom management, we often lean on theory but forget the practical steps you can take. One of the best things you can do for...
