Differentiation can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. These blog posts help you explore “everything differentiation” so that you can implement it in your classroom to meet the needs of every. single. student. without pulling your hair out.
If you’ve been teaching a while, you have likely sat through PD after PD waiting to learn something new and fresh you can return to
It is incredibly exhausting when you have a student who is struggling in your upper-elementary classroom, and you just cannot pinpoint why. You watch them
Your admin just announced another “data-driven initiative,” and you felt your soul leave your body for a solid ten seconds. More data-driven instruction? Ugh. Can
One of my students was a bright kid who had done well on all the area and perimeter worksheets I had given him. He was
Do you remember learning how to ride a bike? I do. I pulled out the bicycle manual and read it cover to cover. Then, I
Most of us, including me at the time, are pretty skilled at using manipulatives. Base ten blocks? Took them out in September. Tiles for fractions?
Suppose you’ve been teaching upper elementary for about a decade. In that case, you’ve already survived SmartBoards that never calibrated, grading piles taller than your
AI tools in the classroom will help teachers save the precious commodity of time. It’s a barrier that teachers have struggled with for a long
Most of us grew up dividing fractions by memorizing the chant “Keep, Change, Flip.” It was quick, worked, and helped us survive the test. We
We have all used sticky notes in the classroom. It’s a classroom supply that is not only for the teacher, but for the students. You’ve
When it comes to teaching fractions, we often feel a sense of defeat before we even begin. This is usually because our students struggle with
For years, we have all been told that we need to tailor our teaching to meet the various diverse needs of our students, with only
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