Teaching Resources For Sustainable, Innovative Teaching

Alternatives To ‘How Was School?”

“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.

What Do You Do With A Student? by Terry Heick Say you’ve got some students. Two or 122. Doesn’t matter–they’re

Teaching / December 5, 2022

Students may attempt to disguise their plagiarism by using complex vocabulary or terminology inconsistent with their usual writing ability.

In a perfect world, all assessment would be formative–an ongoing loop of learning, feedback, revision, and learning again.

Teaching / November 25, 2022

Direct instruction is the explicit teaching of objectives while project-based learning is more passive, ongoing, and self-directed.

Whether you’re using data to personalize learning or refine curriculum, the ability to easily check for understanding is critical to your teaching.

Teaching / November 7, 2022 / Whole Teacher

While ‘being cool’ isn’t necessary for effective pedagogy, there is an undeniable performative component to teaching.

Students need access to lower-level information to then use in higher-level thinking that requires them to synthesize disparate perspectives.

This planning template for project-based learning in the elementary school classroom includes both a blank and completed example.

If we truly want a better world, we can’t continue to mirror the worst parts of that world into our classrooms.

A personal learning network is a group of people you connect with to learn from through their ideas, questions, backgrounds, and references.

A KWHL chart is a variation of a KWL graphic organizer that adds ‘How’ to the predictive and reflective process.