Lesson Design
Need some new, quick to implement ideas to keep students engaged in the home stretch? The Digital Learning Coaches have drawn up the plays you’re looking for!
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?
While NCTM’s Eight Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices can seem overwhelming and like just another thing to add to an already overwhelming list of work to do, slight adjustments to your mathematical tasks, questioning, or dialogue that might bring some or all of these effective mathematics teaching practices to life. Here you will find some ideas to shift secondary mathematics teaching.
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!
Take your anchor charts to the next level. Let’s push beyond just posting “I Can” statements to using a “What, Why, and How” approach. When learning is visible for students it can be more easily accessed and replicated by students. Let’s really anchor the learning!
Often poetry is taught as a standalone unit, sometimes leaving students to groan & roll their eyes. What if poetry was woven into every unit?
Who says Pi Day should only be celebrated in math class? There is plenty of fun to go all through the school day on March 14!
Kahoot is a well loved review tool. What about using it at the beginning to get the wheels of curiosity spinning?
Biases. We all have them. We need to recognize them in ourselves and unlearn the ones that are getting in the way of our students’ success.
Did you know 2/22/22 is on Tuesday? Let’s find some ways to celebrate!
We know writers need feedback, but we know the feedback takes time. Here’s help in working smarter & faster to get your writers the feedback they need.
Escape rooms are more than a “Saturday night with friends” activity! Learn how to bring the fun to your classroom!