White dry-erase boards are an excellent way to check for understanding (CFU) during and after a lesson. They are also a great way to avoid wasting paper in your lesson plans. Instead of printing up a class set of the material I am covering in a lesson, I print up one for each class I [...]
Thinking of good questions, instead of answers, can make a teacher more effective
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I am thrilled today. All 3 classes of our 4th grade level scored very highly on an important test. As a team we didn’t fare as well last time so we got together and discussed some new techniques with our teaching. One thing we decided to adopt was a “test flight [...]
Teaching is in some ways like having too many toys and nothing to play with. Back to school for the planner can feel quite overwhelming unless one has defined goals. When you consider a child’s needs in 185 days and all the things you could do to meet those learning needs, it is overwhelming. The [...]
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