While presenting to a great group of dedicated co-teachers from the Lake Hamilton School District in Pearcy Arkansas, we were discussing different ways to set up flexible grouping, During that discussion, Tonya Ross shared her experience with a program she learned about from fellow teacher Debbie Au [...]
Drawing using adding machine tape takes the concept of “Draw it so you know it!” one step further by having students create a series of drawings in a logical sequence. If we can engage more of the brain in learning, we can help the lesson ‘stick’ much more effectively.
I've had several teachers tell me, when I talk about how to determine readability statistics, that they are using Macs in their schools. To help those teachers, we found the process to setting up these options in Word for Mac. If this is an issue you face, just download the Readability Statistics f [...]
By guest author Anna Super. It might seem contradictory to write about NLD -non-verbal learning disability - and difficulties with literacy homework. After all, those of us with NLD have strong verbal skills, right? Don’t our difficulties fall into the areas of non-verbal skills, such as motor skill [...]
by Anna Super, guest blogger Growing up with Dyscalculia was lonely. Everyone expects students not to like math and, traditionally, many people make the false assumption that more girls dislike math than boys. So when I voiced my concern and stress over learning math I was usually greeted with a smi [...]