Giving New Teachers Strategies for Success
By exposing tomorrow’s teachers to strategies for success before they enter the classroom, we’re improving the quality of teaching in our schools and the chance for our students to thrive.
Teaching Test Vocabulary: A Test-Taking Strategy
Students need both information stored in long-term memory and test-taking strategies to do well on tests. one strategy to help students increase their test-taking abilities is to teach test vocabulary, or the vocabulary often used to explain essay and other types of test questions.
RTI as Really Terrific Instruction!
RTI is not as complicated as some think- in fact, it can be viewed as simply Really Terrific Instruction. RTI ensures that students understand the material taught before moving on to new material, and uses need-specific practices to help those students who may not understand material right away.
How to Deal Effectively With Angry Students
Everyone gets angry. It's human nature and anyone who never gets angry is probably a droid of some sort. That said, when our kids get angry in the classroom, it's a really hard thing to deal with since we're trying to control a classroom of sometimes as many as 40 children and an angry student threa [...]
A Quiet Solution for Students who Tap Their Pencils!
There's a simple, inexpensive solution to stop pen tappers – sponge curlers. Wrapping the sponge curler around the offending pen stops the noise.