Sketchnotes: A Strategy for Individualized Note-Making

Sketchnotes: A Strategy for Individualized Note-Making

Do you prefer wide-ruled or college-ruled paper? That was a question I posed to a group of teachers recently as they were note-making. Of the sixty or so adults in the room, only five preferred wide-ruled paper, myself included. The question was posed out of curiosity...
Thinking Routines using the ALM

Thinking Routines using the ALM

The purpose of this post is to explore different ways and purposes for creating thinking routines that intentionally have students grouped in different ways and different purposes to enhance Thinking and Learning Framework (T&L) practices through intentional...
Writing to Learn in Mathematics 

Writing to Learn in Mathematics 

In this three part series, we will explore just a few of the types of writing to learn that teachers are utilizing as part of their work inside of the Adolescent Literacy Model.  Writing in mathematics takes a variety of forms, styles and purposes. When mathematicians...