By: Amy Bilek, K-8 Math Instructional Coach at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago I recently picked up Peter Liljedahl’s book Building a Thinking Classroom in Mathematics Grade K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning and couldn’t put it …
By: Melissa Williams, Kindergarten Teacher at The Westminster School School in Atlanta,GA The opportunity to collect valuable data is ubiquitous and boundless in the classroom. It is critical for teachers to be ready for those opportunities so they can not …
By: Amy Bilek, K-8 Math Instructional Coach at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago Think about how math class started when you went to school. Did a teacher stand at the front of the room, using a chalk board …
Great educators are active in looking at their curriculum and being mindful of what we teach our students. Planning is a constant back and forth of trying to analyze and plan the best lessons while making sure we do not …
Today we speak with Sarah Schaefer who is the go-to person when learning about the Singapore Methodology. Sarah is the Principal at M4thodology in Atlantic beach Fl and unleashes a bunch of great tips and ideas on how to use …
2019 Lesson Study Take-Aways Class Discussions / Structured Exploration In our study on visualization, I learned that as a teacher I should have a less is more approach. Specifically, teachers should focus on the ideas presented in discussions and not …
We can all agree that metacognitive thinking is obviously beneficial. The environment in which a student feels comfortable enough to be a self assessor can be tricky. What does that look like? What is the goal? Getting away from the …
Setting Routines for Self Reflection MJ Kinard Precision teaching is the idea that relates to the book, Visible Learning by John Hattie. The premise behind Hattie’s research is the correlation between surface, deep, and transfer learning. The findings go on …
Follow our Journey. Lesson Study with a Focus on Visualization. Jugyou kenkyuu, a Japanese phrase gives us the term “Lesson Study”. Introduced in the U. S. in the late 1990s, interest in Japanese lesson study remains strong in the education …
As schools begin to embrace technology in the classroom, one question that Sarah often receives is, “What apps do you use in your workshops and classrooms?” With a multitude of apps available, it can be challenging to find the right …