Tips for making content comprehensible and number sense!
Imagine this: a classroom where all your learners, regardless of language level, are engaged and actively participating with one another and the content. Supporting English language learners in the classroom is a crucial step in creating an environment that is inclusive of all students. As educators, we strive to meet the diverse needs of all our students, which can often… Read More
Are you looking for strategies to promote academic discussions in the classroom? Then keep on readin’! During my ninth year in education, I finally learned three strategies that work like charm. I know what you might be thinking… but will their conversations in the classroom actually stay on topic? Will they all be engaged? Will they be speaking and actually… Read More
How Does Think Pair Share Work? This pair-sharing strategy can be extremely valuable to student learning if implemented effectively. It is mostly utilized during whole group instruction. When you are giving direct instruction, students are paired up so that they can process information throughout the lesson with each other. For example, if you have a 10-15 minutes lesson on parts… Read More
Observation Charts are a great way to promote academic discussions in your classroom so that all students are successful. This BeGLAD strategy makes it super simple to get ALL your students listening, speaking, reading and writing about content! Students look at visuals from a unit of study and ask a question, make a prediction and write an observation. This strategy… Read More
How do we launch collaborative groups in the classroom that are EFFECTIVE? When students engage in collaborative group work that is structured, their understanding of the content deepens and misconceptions are clarified. We want this for our students, but how do we ensure that all students are accountable? For years in the classroom, I would put my students in groups… Read More
This simple and effective strategy integrates academic vocabulary with classroom management! Let’s get real, the key to success in every classroom is having solid classroom management. You can have the most amazing lessons, but if your students are all over the place they probably aren’t benefiting in the way you’d like. This classroom management strategy is so simple. Although it… Read More
