At a recent after-school meeting a colleague asked the group ... What makes you happy? Such a simple yet profound question. My simple answer was watching the sunrise over a body of water with a hot cup of coffee. But... Continue Reading →
Note: the original post was published in October 2018. Now in June 2019 we have version 4.0 with lessons learned and some refinements. The revisions are added in italics and am proud to say that we have complete task cards... Continue Reading →
This post is all based on awesome idea #99 by my fab co-teacher @YYteach. The problem we were facing was that we had great mini-lessons and charts, but the students struggled to apply the teaching points independently. With our personal... Continue Reading →
The "Don't and Do" spelling strategy is very simple, effective, and quick. It works something likes this: When your students are ready to start editing their piece of writing ask them to make a T-chart titled "Don't" and "Do" on... Continue Reading →
