Armed with Peter Liljedahl’s 2021 text Building Thinking Classrooms and the pain and frustration of the social upheaval and pandemic deaths of recent years, I set out to push the boundaries of my abilities to teach math and help students realize more of their true potential. In a whirlwind of change, I departed from the status quo. How did I fare? Did transformation take place?
“Digital Responsibility” is a broad term. Let’s break it down to 4 key elements.
Media Specialists and classroom teachers can make a powerful duo. The Media Specialists have great expertise that classroom teachers can utilize – building curated resources, fostering a love of reading, integrating technology into instruction, guiding quality research, and collaborating on lessons or units. If you don’t have a certified Media Specialist, find some great advice on how to partner with your local public library!
Announcing our top 15 blogs for 2023! This is a list of everything from making math worksheets more impactful to better utilizing paraprofessionals. Check them out!
Classroom dialogue is essential for student growth – helping learners develop critical language & thinking skills while deepening relationships with peers & teachers. Stephanie Woods shares ideas for creating structured opportunities for productive conversations.
In this series continuation, Adam reflects on a semester’s worth of lessons where he used concepts learned at a math conference in a high school English classroom.
What does it mean to “practice” learning to read and why is practice important? Stephanie Woods explores this critical component of literacy.
Time and Money – never enough of either! Jason Walke has found an often overlooked tool just wanting to be dusted off which could help bring resources into the classroom.
