If you’ve never used them before, sentence stems are a scaffold which help students respond to questions and prompts using complete sentences. They’re super simple tools to use and highly effective when it comes to getting your students to start having more academic...
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...
Professional development (PD) is an important way to help teachers grow. PD should be relevant, timely, and based on data. Otherwise, you risk...
One of the most challenging tasks for teachers is figuring out how to foster and manage independent work in the classroom. We asked education...
