For most of us, only a few weeks remain in the marking period. Secondary teachers probably have exams arriving in the next couple of weeks while elementary teachers may be feeling their time slipping away due to special holiday programs and end-of-unit assessments. Rather than “running out of time” during the last few days before [...]
Classroom Strategies: Student Success Notes
April 23, 2010
Spring is undeniably here and students (and probably a few teachers) have begun the countdown to summer. Take a moment to think about your students who have made progress this year in terms of becoming more independent learners, beefing up their study habits, or learning to ask for help. Chances are you’ve spent a lot [...]
Teaching Strategies: Learning from our Mistakes
March 30, 2010
If you’re reading this post after Robyn’s most recent newsletter piece and tip sheet on Keeping Promises, you may be thinking about the promises to students that you have made, mangled, and managed to keep. As I read her tip sheet, one of the “promises worth keeping to our students” stood out to me: 7. [...]
Teacher Tips: Mastery Objective or Activity?
February 5, 2010
Does your school or system require that objectives be posted in the classroom? Are they part of your lesson plans? Something that shows up in your curriculum? At some point in your teaching career you’ve probably encountered SWBAT – Students will be able to… But can you put SWBAT in front of just anything and [...]
