A Guide For Teaching With Analogies
From part to whole to synonyms and antonyms, to cause and effect and step and sequences, here are good examples for teaching with analogies.
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How To Create More Authentic Writing Assignments For Students
To create authentic writing assignments, you should have a clear purpose & resistant audience in mind — one students must work to engage.
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25 Sentence Stems To Help Children Develop A Growth Mindset
Help students develop a growth mindset with these sentence stems, categorized by collaboration, creativity, and other SEL pillars.
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So I Think I Figured Out The Source Of All Human Suffering
The source of all human suffering has something to do with loneliness–our systems pit us against one another in an illusion of competition.
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An Excerpt From Pedagogy Of The Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire’s education philosophy saw education as an active process of intellectual, sociological, and political assimilation.
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Social Media Isn’t Killing Literacy
by Terry Heick One of the notable changes in the Common Core academic standards is a shift in literacy instruction from the shoulders of “English-Language Arts” teachers, to all content area teachers. And #4, “What strategies do your students use to figure out unknown words?” got me thinking. As a middle and high school English…
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What Is Question-Based Learning?
Question-based learning is a type of inquiry where the learner is guided by forming and refining a guiding question (or questions).
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16 Characteristics Of A Critical Thinking Classroom
How do you know if your students are thinking critically in the classroom? Here are examples that might be good indicators.
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How To Make A Video Syllabus For Your Classroom
A video syllabus is a version of your syllabus in video form. It can be a simple slideshow or a creative framing of your course.
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11 Underlying Assumptions Of Digital Literacy
In understanding the shift from literacy to digital literacy, it may help to take a look at the underlying assumptions of digital literacy.
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Knowledge Is Power And Teaching Is The Fuel
Teachers are professionals and their ‘clients’ are children and their function is teaching and their craft is understanding.
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How Do You Teach Social-Emotional Learning?
Social-emotional learning is part of the bedrock of critical literacy: helping them care enough to change themselves.
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The Simplest Way To Slow The Summer Slide
Slowing the ‘summer slide’ through daily reading, writing, and ‘playing’ supports children in developing learning habits that endure.
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12 Things Every Lesson You Teach Should Have
Every lesson plan should have a clear and compelling–and accessible–role for each student during each moment of the lesson.
