Research into critical thinking is clear that the skill can be taught and that it can be taught to young students as well. For CTL’s Postsecondary Success Skills Model, we use Robert H. Ennis’ (Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois and author of several...
How can we forge family, community and school relationships to enhance students’ literacy learning? At-home literacy kits are one such way to engage families in rich literacy experiences and raise readers. Artful Reading on the Go is a resource to equip adults in supporting arts-integrated literacy experiences at home!
Looking for more than the right answer yields discoveries about the deep thinking done by students in an elementary mathematics classroom. Routines such as Would You Rather and Notice and Wonder provide opportunities for all students to engage in mathematics.
As teachers implement the Adolescent Literacy Model, they are learning many strategies that provide practice for students in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing across multiple content areas. In addition, there are certain conditions that, when actively...
Mathematics is a crucial subject that serves as a foundation for many concepts, processes and skills that all students will need in their lives. The challenges faced by today’s educators when teaching elementary mathematics can have a profound impact on student learning and future success. In this blog post, I will explore some of the current challenges in teaching elementary mathematics and discuss potential solutions.
One step toward making change can be to incorporate a literacy-based planning tool that equips teachers with building coherent learning experiences through a daily learning sequence that integrates purposeful literacy practices in support of clear learning objectives.
How might we use data to proactively design instruction that intentionally supports how students learn? How DO students learn? Well, literacy is the answer to that question. Literacy is how we all learn. Therefore, we should be very intentional in designing instruction that ensures we are attending to the learning needs of our students.
