context clues

7 Strategies For Using Context Clues In Reading

TeachThought StaffSep 20, 20216 min read

7 Strategies For Using Context Clues In Reading contributed by Kathy Glass We often ask students to use context clues to figure out a word’s meaning. That makes it is our job as teachers to formally teach how authors use…

25 Teaching Tools For The Digital Classroom

25 Teaching Tools For The Digital Classroom

TeachThought StaffDec 16, 201310 min read

The Best Teaching Tools To Organize, Innovate, & Manage What You Do contributed by Mike Acedo Over the years, many of us have personally experienced the growth of technology in today’s classrooms. Instead of taking notes, students are now occupied…

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How I Gave Struggling Students A Sense Of Authorship

TeachThought StaffDec 14, 20136 min read

What Happened When I Gave Struggling Students A Sense Of Authorship contributed by y Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, pbs.org It’s a rainy Monday morning at FREE LA High School in South Los Angeles. Just like they’re doing at schools all across…

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Show A Little Faith In The Learning Process

TeachThought StaffDec 13, 20133 min read

Show A Little Faith In The Learning Process by Jane Healey, Ph.D. and English Teacher I enjoy simple statements over complex formulations and new-fangled jargon.  I try to stand by this preference and communicate with students and peers in clear, straightforward…

Teaching Culture Blind: Diversity In Professional Development

Teaching Culture Blind: Diversity In Professional Development

TeachThought StaffDec 12, 20134 min read

Exploring Diversity In Professional Development by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies Teacher & Learnist Evangelist Related Learnist Resource: Consider Diversity. It was one of my first experiences teaching. I overheard a conversation. I try not to eavesdrop, but sometimes my brain just joins…

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When Class Size Matters: A Tale Of Two Teaching Styles

TeachThought StaffDec 12, 20133 min read

Does Class Size Matter? A Tale Of Two Teaching Styles by Paul Barnwell, Teacher of English and Digital Media and blogger at mindfulstew Mr. Jones, a passionate teacher relying mostly on direct instruction and lecture, sees his class size fluctuate between 20…

self-directed learning framework

A Self-Directed Learning Model For 21st Century Learners

Terrell HeickDec 11, 20134 min read

A Self-Directed Learning Model For 21st Century Learners by Terry Heick The above is the latest draft of our self-directed learning framework, version 1.1. It is based, in spirit, on our Inside-Out School: A 21st Century Learning Model. It is…