by rodaniel | Jun 15, 2022 | Blog
Background: Taking notes from teacher presentations or from text or electronic material is an expectation for students beginning in the intermediate grades that increases at each level: middle school, high school and especially college. For some students, figuring...
by rodaniel | Jun 14, 2022 | Blog
Students struggle to share what they know about mathematics through writing, and it should not be surprise to anyone that students feel uncomfortable writing about mathematics. As math teachers, most of us don’t write about mathematics routinely (if ever). We were not...
by rodaniel | Jan 25, 2022 | Blog
Helping students learn to think about the processes they use to solve problems is an area of interest for me these days. I have been reading a lot about the different ways to help students understand problem solving in mathematics and the different kinds of thinking...
by Jenni Aberli | Oct 26, 2021 | Blog
Carefully planned writing opportunities are an excellent approach for meeting students’ educational and social emotional needs. Not only does the practice of frequent writing build students’ writing skills and stamina, but when given the right type of prompt, paired...
by Jenni Aberli | Sep 24, 2021 | Blog
The first blog post in this series introduced the notion that teachers do not have to choose between meeting students’ educational or social emotional needs; they can naturally address both together. According to CASEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social and...
by Jenni Aberli | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog
As we begin this new school year, we have much to consider given the past 18 months of trauma and disruptions to education due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. As a result, districts and schools are trying to determine how to best meet both the educational and social...
by jwright | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog
Vocabulary Instructional Commitment Use a Core Set of Strategies: Alphablocks Once critical vocabulary has been identified for each unit of study, it is much easier to match a strategy to the learning goal. Whether you develop a short or long list of words, you will...
by jwright | May 27, 2021 | Blog
Vocabulary Development as we know it today is entirely different from what you likely encountered in school. Today we have a much more solid grasp on how students come to understand and fluently use new words. To maximize retention, students need multiple exposures to...
by jwright | May 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was a teenager, I attended a boarding school in Denmark. I did not speak Danish, and I vividly recall the confusion and isolation I felt as a result. I had no idea what people were saying and was unable to decipher the written language around me. It was...
by smcneely | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog
This post has been updated from its original 2012 publish date. I recently stumbled across a quote that, for me, sums up so perfectly the Common Core State Standards and how they demand a more focused and rigorous classroom approach to prepare students as competitive...
