Focused Instruction: Teaching Effective Writing Minilessons
Our world of teaching has changed over the last few years–from virtually teaching to the gap in instruction to seeing
Our world of teaching has changed over the last few years–from virtually teaching to the gap in instruction to seeing
Do you explicitly teach speaking and listening in your classroom? Many of us are familiar with the term “accountable talk”
Why Teach Patterns? “Patterning” is something that has typically been a focus of primary classrooms. Pass by any kindergarten or
Over the years I have noticed that students tend to look for routine in math class. If it’s a division
Teaching Computation Addition and subtraction with regrouping are two critical math skills that all elementary students must learn. One thing that
Distance Learning? Huh? So a few weeks ago, if you would have told me I would be teaching my students
Ah, the things teachers say when deep in the moment of teaching angles. “Please stop sticking tissues up your nose.
The Standards for Mathematical Practice should form the foundation of every math “content” lesson, but so often textbooks don’t do
The first ten minutes of your math lesson will set the tone for the rest of the class. Students must
Where did Mind Boggling Math Come From? Back five or six years ago, I was searching for an activity that