This week, we are discussing an Education Week op-ed that made a case for why school principals and other school administrators should join educators and teach. “The practice helps school leaders better understand the challenges teachers face in...
Agreat way for students to work collaboratively and show their thinking is by having them make a poster. This can be hard to manage sometimes, but I have a few tips to help. 1. Create a template for a math poster for the students at the beginning of the...
Irecently coined the phrase High Status/Low Risk share as an effective way to interrupt the status quo in the classroom in terms of which voices are considered “smart”. This move works well during turn and talk or small group work when I can listen in to the students...
Generally, when a class of students solves a problem they produce a range of answers. Some students may have the ‘right’ answer, others will have answers that reflect typical errors, and one or two students may have answers that are surprising. Teachers...
Sometimes we assume that students will just know how to work cooperatively with another person or in a group. If you find that your students do not work well together, or tend to get off task when working with a partner or group, teach them how. It is important...
Give students mathematical language by connecting it to the colloquial terms they are using. When children have access to precise vocabulary, they can express their ideas more clearly and feel more confident to participate in discussions. I love the Collect and...
