Differentiation
DIFFERENTIATION
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.
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Assessing Electricity with Electric Vests
I love teaching about electricity. It is one of my favorite science units, and I am always trying to think of new ways to engage
Creating Readers with Reading Rally
Each year for reading month, I like to make sure I have lots of activities going on to emphasize just how important reading is. Some
Overcoming the Fear of Technology
Do you have technophobia? That is the fear of technology. I remember being super excited when I was in my teens and the great big
Preventing the Overload of Worksheets
Worksheets. They have been around for a long time. I would imagine the first teacher was carrying around large blocks of stone with work etched
Scaffolding Strategies for Any Content Area
Not too long ago I discussed the difference between scaffolding and rescuing. I mentioned my struggles and how I was rescuing my students without even
Are You Scaffolding or Rescuing?
When I first started teaching, I avoided the students who were low. Not because I was afraid of them or because they were difficult but
An Exciting New Way to Look at Brag Tags
Brag tags are exciting, engaging, and extremely motivating in the classroom. Students love them, and there’s no doubt based on the massive supply of them
Fingerprint Storyboards for Any Subject
**Keep reading… This is MORE than a Thanksgiving Post! This is a post with an engaging strategy that your students can use in ANY subject
Strategies to Teach Elapsed Time
I remember struggling with elapsed time as a child. I wanted to just simply line the numbers up and subtract. But, unfortunately, it wasn’t that
5 Ideas to Help Students with Short Attention Spans
I don’t recall growing up hearing so much about children with ADD or ADHD. Perhaps it was around, but I just didn’t notice. I do
5 Tips to Giving a GREAT Read Aloud
If you have been around a while here at my blog, then you know that I love picture books and using them as mentor texts!
Teaching Children to be Skeptical
Each day children are blasted with nonstop messages that are trying to tell them how they should think: on television, there is the stream of commercials; on
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