By: Shauna Brown Leung One of the challenges common to all teachers focused on increasing rigor in the classroom is getting students to master the vocabulary of the content. Teachers throughout the country tackle this feat by giving students lists of “key terms” to define for each unit. Some require flash cards, others ask students [...]
Recently in one of our rigor workshop series, I worked with two teachers – Elise and Sylvia — who were planning a unit on Harriett Tubman for second-grade students. Prior to the workshop, these teachers had worked to plan a unit. Their unit appeared rigorous on the surface but they wanted to find ways to [...]
By: Diane MacEachern There is no student who is not affected in some way by our environment. Climate change is increasing pollen counts in the atmosphere, posing greater risk for kids who suffer from asthma and other respiratory problems. Children’s exposure to toxic chemicals in toys, school supplies and other everyday products threatens their ability [...]
Every year, we spend time at Mindsteps™ conducting student focus groups with the schools we serve on an ongoing basis. We conduct these focus groups to find out if the work we are doing with teachers and administrators is really making a difference where it counts – with the students. Every year, I am surprised [...]
On the twelfth day of Christmas, Mindsteps sent to me twelve classroom management strategies, eleven ways to create PLC’s around differentiation, ten small risks to take this year, Nine examples of feedback, eight ways to learn from failure, the seven principles of effective instruction, six things I look for when I visit [...]
On the eleventh day of Christmas, Mindsteps sent to me eleven ways to create PLC’s around differentiation, ten small risks to take this year, Nine examples of feedback, eight ways to learn from failure, the seven principles of effective instruction, six things I look for when I visit a classroom, five of the biggest [...]
On the tenth day of Christmas, Mindsteps sent to me ten small risks to take this year, Nine examples of feedback, eight ways to learn from failure, the seven principles of effective instruction, six things I look for when I visit a classroom, five of the biggest mistakes I made as a new teacher, [...]
On the ninth day of Christmas, Mindsteps sent to me nine examples of feedback, eight ways to learn from failure, the seven principles of effective instruction, six things I look for when I visit a classroom, five of the biggest mistakes I made as a new teacher, four differentiation mistakes to avoid, three ways to [...]
On the eighth day of Christmas, Mindsteps sent to me eight ways to learn from failure, the seven principles of effective instruction, six things I look for when I visit a classroom, five of the biggest mistakes I made as a new teacher, four differentiation mistakes to avoid, three ways to survive the December crunch, [...]
On the fifth day of Christmas, Mindsteps sent to me five of the biggest mistakes I made as a new teacher, four differentiation mistakes to avoid, three ways to survive the December crunch, two Webinars, and a free video of Robyn.
