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In Class teaching? Blended learning? A Hybrid model?? ,…What are you doing this year? Do you know yet?
A Writer’s Notebook: Unlocking the Writer Within You by Ralph Fletcher
For years Ralph’s best-selling book has been a staple of writing classrooms. This book is written in a down-to-earth, practical style, with examples from other students and well-known authors. Now there’s a new updated edition, with six new chapters: *The New World of Writing (writing in the digital world) *Using Photos to Spark Writing *Using...
The Heart of multiplication
Daily Cumulative Review – Dr. David Costello
Take a look at Dr. David Costello's Book
Visualizing Division! – Free Downloads
"Here are some flashcards that have a visual representation and teach the commutative property. So often we talk about it just being the same thing…but really you must contextualize the problem. If you work at a restaurant and you have 3 groups of 7 people, that is very different than having 7 groups of 3 people. These cards help students to see...
Talking about “Making Math Stick” by David Costello (part #2)
It's time to start engaging in concepts to strengthen their retrieval. Retrieval practice approach. How to? Retain and apply to problem-solving! How to teach math. https://alranbooks.com/shop/high-school/high-school-math/making-math-stick-with-classroom-strategies/
Talking about “Making Math Stick” by David Costello (part #1)
This valuable resource provides teachers with an understanding of simple, manageable, and sustainable strategies to change their approach immediately. These strategies build on helping students retain math concepts so they can apply them in novel situations down the road. The focus is on supporting teachers in framing instruction so that students...
Recent blog from Lester Laminack about our schools and school climate.
Here is a recent blog from Lester Laminack, worth sharing about our schools and school climate. If these walls could talk. https://therobbreviewblog.com/uncategorized/if-these-walls-could-talk/
Debbie Diller Teaching Tips
Debbie Diller has written three new books this past year for k-4 teachers under the theme of Simply Stations . Debbie has been working with teachers through book groups, conference sessions and zooms to help teachers adjust to remote and hybrid learning. Deb takes a few minutes here to give a little advice and a reminder about teaching online....
The Perfect Time for Ralph Fletchers Writing Books for Students
Writers Notebook 2E is updated and expanded to include nine new chapters, featuring tips and tricks for using technology to enhance your writing, an exploration of the pros and cons of writing digitally vs. by hand, photos by the author and suggestions for how to use photography to enhance your own writing, and resources like websites, story...