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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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Trying to differentiate during online learning can feel like a huge challenge. This post provides lots of ideas to help make distance learning easier when it comes to differentiation in the classroom!

How to Differentiate During Online Learning

How to Tier Your Lessons Successfully

Scaffolding instruction for struggling students is an important step that many teachers need to be taking - and sometimes, teachers are rescuing students rather than scaffolding instruction for them. This post helps identify the difference between scaffolding and rescuing and helps you better understand what scaffolding instruction looks like.

Are You Scaffolding or Rescuing?

How to Create a DIY Classroom Calendar

Does anyone remember the Everyday Math Calendars? I use to love doing those in my classroom with my students, even in the upper elementary grades.

Do your students have to create timelines to meet academic standards? Check out these 10 different timelines that are sure to engage and motivate your students during social studies with this important reading skill!

10 Engaging Ways to Create Timelines

Teaching about timelines is a skill that crosses into language arts, science, and social studies, at the very least. It is often found as a

Using a preassessment in your instruction is one of the best ways to save time, close academic gaps, differentiate instruction, and deliver effective instruction. If you're not using preassessments in your classroom, then you should definitely consider doing so! Click through to read more about what preassessments are, how to use them, and how to get the most out of them.

Why You SHOULD Be Using a Preassessment

A while back, I was talking to a friend of mine who is a teacher. Somehow, we got on the topic of assessments, and I

Assessing electricity doesn't have to be a challenge! On the contrary, it can be authentic, engaging, and hands-on! This blog post describes in detail a STEM activity where students take on the role of engineers who have to create electric vests. Watch their minds buckle down and work on this fun STEM challenge!

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

Do you have technophobia, or the fear of technology? With the constant push to use technology in the classroom and the lack of training, how can a non-geek overcome this fear? Check out these tips to help you feel more comfortable with technology!

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

As I've written previously, scaffolding your instruction can feel daunting and overwhelming. However, in this post I provide a list of authentic scaffolding strategies that you can start using immediately to help you meet the needs of all of your learners!

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

Engage your students with fingerprint storyboards. This is a strategy that can help students remember events in any content area while having fun!

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

Let me help you to teach elapsed time with these four different strategies. Check out these tips and ideas to include in a lesson while grabbing a FREEBIE!

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

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