5 Out-Of-The Box Assessment Strategies Every Teacher Should Know
Students need access to lower-level information to then use in higher-level thinking that requires them to synthesize disparate perspectives.
Don’t Teach Kids How To Read, Teach Them Why
Increasingly, books aren’t thought of as entertainment or even as ways to learn; they are thought of in terms of their form: as books.
Examples Of Brain-Based Assessment
Ideally, assessments correspond to teaching that promotes creativity, analysis, judgment, expert thinking, and complex communication.
A Planning Guide For Project-Based Learning In The Elementary Classroom
This planning template for project-based learning in the elementary school classroom includes both a blank and completed example.
What Are Literature Circles?
Literature Circles are a way for students to assume a specific role in the study of something (usually a text).
Why What Students Don’t Know Is More Important Than What They Do
For me, my biggest takeaway from college was learning what I didn’t know.
10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs A Professional Learning Network
A personal learning network is a group of people you connect with to learn from through their ideas, questions, backgrounds, and references.
One Way To Teach The Writing Process
By demystifying the writing process through modeling, teachers demonstrate what writing looks like in all of its unedited, imperfect glory.
What’s A KWHLAQ Chart? Like A KWL Chart But Better
A KWHL chart is a variation of a KWL graphic organizer that adds ‘How’ to the predictive and reflective process.
It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom
Limiting the craft of writing in the classroom to a single content area has damaged the perceived power and potential of writing.
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It’s tough out there for students.
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SRE And CEI: Easy To Use Writing Strategies For The Classroom
SRE is an initialism representing three central tenets of argument making: Statement, Reason, Evidence (or Example, Explain, or Expand).
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