In this power lesson shared by instructional coach Peg Grafwallner, students rotate between four stations to practice different note-taking styles.
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Fueling Your Growth Mindset: Recommended Reading Lists
In this episode, we search for useful and insightful articles that can impact our practice with Larry Ferlazzo with Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski, Jessica Torres, Robert Ward
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Accept Every Student as They Are
Building a relationship with a student takes time and patience, allow it to happen organically. If you force it, you’ll have to start all over and the relationship may or may not bloom
Same As It Ever Was
Student choice, access to lots of different kinds of materials, engagement in vibrant communities of readers, these are the things that work and many teachers know this, but it’s hard to find the resources, the agency, and the support to bring them to life.
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It’s a Check-Up!
NCTE August 5, 2017
Changing our language when referring to assessments and offering our students choice might help to alleviate student anxiety and give them a chance to feel empowered!
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A Different Path: What Running Taught Me About Teaching
As a novice teacher, I wanted my students to "get it" so badly that I thought if we just struggled through it, the light would go on. But what happens if they don't catch on, do we just continue to focus on it until they do - however long that may take? Here are some suggestions on how to use productive struggle without causing a struggle.
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What is Capable Support?
ASCD Inservice May 24, 2017
Our daughter needs your support, not your help. This blog explains the difference and why support is so vital in her life.
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Reprinted in Easterseals on July 14th, 2017
Struggling Reluctantly
The terms “struggling” and “reluctant” cannot be allowed to reference readers who need our support. We must eliminate that language for the sake of our students.
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When a Minute is a Minute
As you prepare your next lesson, step back and allow your students the time they need and the time they’ve earned to think through their thoughts; you will be inspired by what a minute can do!
Giving Students What They Want and What They Need
While all of us have had challenging students in our class, here’s one suggestion for success.
The Literacy of the Visual Arts
When the lesson doesn’t work, don’t blame students. Here’s an opportunity to look inward.
Don’t ‘Should’ Me
A writing teacher changes her language to stop ‘shoulding’ on her students.
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COMPLIANCE, CONTROL AND CONSIDERATION
ASCDExpress February 11, 2016
It’s the little things that builds a relationship. Here’s how to demonstrate respect without losing one’s authority.