In part 2 of the series, Carol Howard shares the activities she and her students do together, beginning very early in the school year, to create a caring, safe, and supportive learning space.
Elementary
Anna Cook shares some ready to implement before, during and after reading strategies all content areas teachers can put into practice on the first day of school.
New curriculum brings new challenges & new opportunities. Tim Daugherty sees this as the perfect time to being coaching cycles.
What does it mean to “practice” learning to read and why is practice important? Stephanie Woods explores this critical component of literacy.
Small groups are a frequent and familiar Tier Two support strategy. Jessica Sullivan shares a few other ideas which could be implemented across grade levels to provide a variety of supports.
How can school staff inspire summer reading? Librarian Colette Huxford-Kinnett wondered that a few years ago. She shares several ready-to-use resources in this blog.
April is Financial Literacy Month, and Kristin Pierce from EVERFI shares a number of free resources for students of all ages applicable across all content areas ready to use at a moment’s notice.
Elementary school newspaper publisher Jim Jeffries wraps up his four-part series. He shares how he moves from a digital draft to issues in students’ take home folders.
Coaches are walking alongside educators as they navigate (sometimes major) changes. #VirtuallyDifferent Digital Learning Coach Nicole Nelson share immediately applicable ideas regardless of the type of change your teachers may be traversing.
Jim continues his series on producing an elementary school newspaper. This month he walks through the production process, the step between writing & distributing.