As innovators and educators we often have so much information coming to us (data from student observations, new learning from PLC, social media, and lots of other content we read on our own), we can feel overwhelmed by it all. What’s worse, not all of it is useful. But now that you know how to…
How to Motivate and Grow Your Struggling Readers
You might have noticed that your classroom is quite diverse this year. You may have had students at varying reading levels, but you had many struggling readers either a grade level behind or multiple English Language Learners (ELL). I remember a few years ago, I struggled with a class full of so many levels in…
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The Secret to Being Your Own Boss
Teachers are a little bossy. Don’t take offense, dear friend. I’m bossy too. One of the perks of being a teacher is being in charge of our classroom. If you stop to think about it, we’re in charge of just about everything in our classroom from lesson planning, to design, to structure, and just about…
The Power of the Groundhog Day Strategy
Have you ever had a student who repeats the same mistake over and over again? You continue to teach or re-teach—or correct their misbehavior—but they still do the same, wrong thing. It’s like that movie Groundhog Day—an endless loop of the same day in and day out—pure torture to some. Groundhog Day is an iconic movie…
How to Use Mistakes As Learning Opportunities for Yourself
Whoosh! Like that it’s the end of another school year. The year goes by fast but the days and weeks sometimes go slowly. We’re now in the midst of planning end-of-year activities and closing up our classrooms. It’s almost time to refresh and renew with summer break. . .Ahhh. . .can you imagine it? Hold…
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