In that great collection of teacher tools, one lurks in the shadows as a sometimes overlooked but incredibly powerful tool⏤formative assessments. Formative assessments are a valuable piece of the instructional process, but they can get a bad rap because many believe that students are...
Tag - Teaching Strategies
We all know, even with the best of intentions, teachers sometimes finish a lesson early and have unexpected time left. We also know administrators want lessons to go...
I have often thought about my what I learned my first year of teaching and what I would tell new to profession teachers or those who are preparing for their first year...
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 by using frameworks...
We really know something when we can teach it, right? English learners (ELs) at the beginning level of English proficiency struggle to explain their thinking in an...
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-19, students across...