What’s A KWHLAQ Chart?
A KWHL chart is a variation of a KWL graphic organizer that adds ‘How’ to the predictive and reflective process.
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3 Questions To Help Make ‘Deeper Learning’ Work
Deeper learning work presents opportunities for students to wrestle with concepts, ideas, and knowledge in a culture of inquiry.
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30 Reflection Prompts For Teacher Well-Being
The following metacognitive prompts can help teachers reflect on the full picture of being an educator, including their well-being.
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8 Things Every Student Needs On The First Day Of School
Everyone needs somebody, and the first day of school is one of those times. It is comforting to find a familiar face in an unfamiliar room.
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12 Questions To Ask Your Students On The First Day Of School
Here are 12 questions to ask students on the first day of school, including: “What do you need from me to be successful this year?”
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6 Messages Every Student Should Hear On The First Day Of School
“Everything you do–good or ‘bad’–affects everyone else in the room. That means everything you do matters because you matter.”
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Grade Differently: 7 Categories To Create Learning Badges
The effect of well-designed learning badges is a kind of encouragement mechanic that helps students see their own progress.
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Will You Still Be Teaching Next Year?
Ask yourself if teaching is good for you. Healthy. Sustainable. What you want to do and be. A lot has changed in education. A lot.
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8 Ways To Improve How Schools Relate To Communities
You can’t be a great doctor if you don’t serve patients–and it’s hard to be a great teacher if you don’t serve students and communities.
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We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How
We can striving to remain true to the ideals of liberal science and the cascading norms of conversation using an inquiry stance.
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20 Tips For Effective Online Classroom Management
Effective online classroom management mirrors effective in-person management, both benefiting from norms, feedback, and routines.
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8 Ways To Create A Brain-Friendly Classroom
How can you create a brain-friendly classroom? By reducing stress, creating positive associations, and promoting feedback loops.
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3 Simple Strategies For Smarter Curriculum Mapping
What Are 3 Simple Strategies For Smarter Curriculum Mapping? by Terry Heick The school year isn’t a series of sprints, but the way you forge your curriculum can make it feel that way. The most common way of structuring how you teach is by first assembling standards into units, then those units into lessons. You…
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Exactly What The Common Core Standards Say About Technology
The standards don’t just suggest novel technology use as a way to ‘engage students’ but rather requires teachers to make complex decisions about that tech.
