Do you ever geek out over new learning? Sometimes it might be simply a fresh perspective or reminder about using those proven, research-based tools to grow our students. Or maybe you read an inspiring blog post or attend an amazing professional development—and zing! You’re excited about trying something new! One of the biggest mistakes we teachers…
How to Know What’s Best for Your Students
Do you love to learn like me? As teachers, one of our favorite things about being a teacher is the opportunity to grow and learn—given the right professional development and training. And even beyond those opportunities are the variety of blogs, online resources, and even podcasts to expand our teacher toolbox and our knowledge base….
How to Build a Better Math Block—and Math Brains
Sometimes you feel like your curriculum (or your standards) reach only the middle in math. Maybe it’s your curriculum or how you’re teaching. . . but your strugglers get left behind or your advanced kids get bored in whole group. You teach whole group and never get to small groups, or you’re never able to meet with…
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How to Have Your Students Begging for More Learning
Does it ever seem like your kids just don’t want to learn? They’re not excited or engaged. They should be. . .but you just can’t figure it out. I was teaching science a few weeks ago and I was stuck feeling that way. While I was excited about particles and matter, my kids were not…
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When You Hate Teaching Writing
Maybe you hate teaching writing. . .and that’s true even though you love to write (or to read really good writing!) but you just hate teaching it. You may love teaching personal narrative and story because it’s fun, but certainly not the “5 paragraph essay using two texts” type of writing. Why is that? I…