Is That Higher-Order Task Really Higher Order? 12May2019 by Jennifer Gonzalez Ask any group of teachers if their goal is to simply have students regurgitate facts, and every one of them will say no. Despite that, it keeps happening.
To Boost Learning, Just Add Movement 31Mar2019 by Jennifer Gonzalez Physical movement makes learning stick better. Explore six different ways to add more movement to your classroom.
Power Lesson: Note-Taking Stations 16Dec2018 by Peg Grafwallner To take quality notes, students need to be taught how. This fantastic station-rotation lesson gets the job done, and it can be used with all kinds of other content as well.
Get Students Talking with Ongoing Conversations 18Nov2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez It’s not just a fantasy: This simple system gets every student in your room to have rich conversations with every other student. About content. Really.
To Learn, Students Need to DO Something 4Nov2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez Too often, we’re expecting students to learn material without asking them to do much of anything with it. Why is this a problem? Where did it come from? And how can we fix it?
What Are the Best Ways to Use Leveled Texts? 21Oct2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez When it comes to leveled texts, teachers and administrators make some missteps that can negatively impact students’ growth as readers. Here’s what to do instead.
Note-taking: A Research Roundup 9Sep2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez A summary of 8 best practices in note-taking, straight from the research.
Deeper Class Discussions with the TQE Method 26Aug2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez Want your students to have rich, complex conversations about the texts they read? This method leads to the kinds of classroom discussions you thought only happened in college.
A Step-by-Step Plan for Teaching Narrative Writing 29Jul2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez The ability to tell a good story is one of the things that makes human beings extraordinary. Here’s the process I used to teach my own students how to do it.
