Looking for the silver lining is a cliché most have heard. What if we brought that idea into the classroom? Carrie Wisehart gave it a try!
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Colette Huxford-Kinnett wraps up her Fact Feeds Fiction series by exploring two topics. The possibilities for deep dives like these are practically endless.
Vocuabulary is a part of every content area at every grade level. Stephanie Woods explores how it can also be a part of phonics instruction.
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.
Colette continues her “Fact Feeds Fiction” series. This month she shares pairings with the classic “Hatchet” as well as fiction & and non-fiction books which would work well in middle school social studies.
GPA. Class rank. College honors admission. How do we help students change the narrative and focus on growth over grades? Ashley Johnson shares ideas from her northern Indiana high school classroom.
English teachers love to tell reluctant readers they just haven’t found the right book yet. Kelsey Koeneman has an engaging way to expose her high school students to a wide variety of texts.
While most admit there is always room for improvement, actually making the needed changes isn’t always met with positivity. Tim Daugherty shares some thoughts on how to shift the thinking from obstacles to opportunities.