Tips for making content comprehensible and number sense!
Self-care is for everyone! Yes, I’m looking at you, teachers! Teacher burnout is real and I came to the realization that I no longer wanted to live that way. I want to stay in education for the long haul and feel happy about it. This is why, after much trial and error, I created a toolkit to help you live… Read More
I was first inspired to create these weekly schedule templates when my sister called me and told me she was “all over the place with the homeschooling.” I asked if she had something written out, “You know, like a plan?” It never dawned on me that she probably would not have “lesson plans” written out for my kindergarten niece during… 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
This engaging active listening strategy: Listen, then Sketch, is a GLAD visualization strategy. It allows students an opportunity to practice their active listening skills while also supporting comprehension and oral language development. This strategy gives English language learners, struggling readers and passive readers a chance to improve these skills with a very low affective filter. Benefits differentiated low affective filter… Read More