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7 Key Characteristics of Better Learning Feedback
Feedback is essential to the learning process. Nothing is more frustrating than realizing you made mistakes in your work but received no information on how to correct it. This post from Grant Wiggins...
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Pinterest Math Resources
This board on Pinterest has a multitude of ideas and resources for Teaching Mathematics.
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Learning from Mistakes
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. Oscar Wilde This video outlines how a school in New York is using projects to allow students to learn and grow from their mistakes.
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Free ELA Web Resources
This Link from Literacy Loot contains a PowerPoint full of resources for ELA organized by Language, Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking....
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ASCD Express 9.03 – What the Mind Needs to Do to Read Nonfiction
ASCD Express 9.03 – What the Mind Needs to Do to Read Nonfiction. Many children are not strategic readers of nonfiction text; they dive into reading nonfiction the same way they approach a story or a...
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Thoughts on Closing the Achievement Gap
As educators we must be focused on helping our students overcome barriers to their success. Matthew Lynch, on Education Week shared his thoughts on how to close the Achievement Gap. In his article,...
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What Proficiency-Based Learning Looks Like
Standards-Based grading is a method of grading that focuses on mastery of a skill/standard rather than the accumulation of scores in a content area. This article from TeachThought shares an overview...
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Writing High Level Questions
Teaching students to think critically and question in the higher level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is very difficult. This 2 minute video from the Teaching Channel gives a few suggestions on how to teach...
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How Do We Learn?
We learn in many different ways. The infograph below shows the impact of different styles of activities. Related Article: Lectures Didn’t Work in 1350—And they Still Don’t Work Today
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Top Ten Ways to Encourage Children to Read Over Winter Break by Katherine...
We are on the countdown to winter break. Although all teachers are in great need of the rest, time with family, and extra sleep; our students see this time as a break from learning. Katherine...
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What Engages Students?–Top 10 Things Students Say
For many years in education engagement was “paying attention.” As teachers we were focused on keeping “all eyes on me” but not necessarily ensuring students’ minds were on. This post on Edutopia by...
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The Power of Reading
Reading is a habit that needs to be developed and practiced on a regular basis. This infograph shows the impact when children are not engaged in the habit of reading.
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Learning to Change, Changing to Learn
This 5 minute video discusses the pivotal decision to change how we instruct today’s students.
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Visuals and Reading
Reblogged from Transitioning to the Common Core: Over the last few years in my seventh grade reading class, I’ve asked students to do more visual analysis and creation. This has nothing to do with the...
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Reading Strategies that work in Every Content Area
This graphic from Teach Thought shows 15 of the 25 reading strategies that are effective regardless of content area. A full listing of all 25 strategies can be found here.
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Structures of the Reading Workshop
The reading workshop is simple, systematic approach to reading. This 4 minute video from Lucy Calkins outlines what the reading workshop looks like inside of a classroom.
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8 Strategies for Teaching Academic Language
One of the barriers to our at-risk students is their exposure to academic language. Teaching content vocabulary is pivotal to their success. This article from Edutopia outlines 8 Strategies for...
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Saying Yes by Jenny Rich
As educators it is our responsibility to cultivate a love for reading. However, some of our instructional practices could inadvertently turn growing readers into non-readers. The link below is a post...
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