STEM activities are fantastic for teaching students critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity. Maker spaces and guided STEM activities are such a great way to encourage these skill in your students, but getting quality STEM...
continue readingSummarizing is such an important reading skill that is often really tricky for students. As a teacher, I find that my students struggle with writing summaries because they either want to tell me way too much or way too little...
continue readingCommon core math, or new math, if you don’t use common core, isn’t all that new anymore. However, many teachers still struggle with being sure they are fully teaching each standard. It can be tricky because common core...
continue readingSmall Group Organization for Reading Intervention Teachers (and Classroom Teachers too!)
December 2, 2018Staying organized as a small group intervention teacher is probably one of the hardest parts of my job. In fact, it’s the one area I know I personally struggled with when I went from being a classroom teacher to a Title 1 Reading...
continue readingExpectations: We’re taught from college how important it is to set and keep consistent expectations for our students. When I because a reading intervention teacher last year, I wasn’t quite sure the best way to transfer that...
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