Feedback is an essential component of learning. We, as teachers, are skilled at giving it. Do your students know how to give one another effective feedback? Let’s teach them! Teachers and Feedback Taking assessments often leads to feedback. Sometimes, it is as simple as a score. Hopefully, often, the teacher helps students understand the score. […]
Goal! Helping Students Set and Reach Goals
Helping students set and reach goals is the key to a successful year. Let’s take a look at a simple strategy and a freebie to get your class started. As an intervention teacher, I’ve seen the power of setting a clear goal. Often, I’ve seen students beg to take a test because they want to […]
Behavior Clip Chart
I’ve been using a behavior clip chart for a few years now. As I’m preparing for my new position, there are some things that are strange about not having a homeroom group. One of them is realizing that I won’t need my clip chart. As an intervention teacher I’ll have different kids all day long […]
Surviving Spring Fever Linky
Do you or your students have Spring Fever? How do you survive? As the weather warms up, I want to be outside or at the beach, not telling kids to sit down and do their work. Am I alone? I doubt it. I want to hear what you do to survive Spring Fever. I’m big […]
Saturday with Sarah
One of the greatest things about being a teacher, is all the wonderful people you meet. I’ve been thinking lately about how I’d love to introduce some of them to you. I can’t think of a better person to start with. Sarah from Diapers, Dollars, and Diplomas is one of my favorite people in […]