How We Put On A High School Music Festival We came up with the idea of planning and putting on a music festival. We looked at each other, paused, then simultaneously said, “Naaahhh.”
What an English Language Learner Coordinator Does Schools are full of adults who aren’t classroom teachers, but a classroom teacher can go through their entire career without really…
Serving English Language Learners Starts by Serving Teachers I stood in front of the classroom, testing guidelines in hand, as 17 sixth-grade studen…
Quick Jots to Support Student Reading Independent reading is the reading students do that has potential …
Continuous Improvement in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Perspective Our topic was “close reading,” and when we were sharing strategies …
Exhibiting Student Writing. Exhibitions of student learning, with their many projects, activities, and associated…
Doing the Project Yourself: Reflections on the Writer’s Craft. In the world of project-based learning, prototypes are necessary for success…
Making Critique Work. I introduced critique to my class after reading Ron Berger’s manifesto, An Ethic of…
Writing “Downtown”: Student Voice in Teaching Writing Like my students must do in their writing, I must attend to my audience. Using what I…
Making Critique Work I introduced critique to my class after reading Ron Berger’s manifesto, An Ethic of…
Exhibiting Student Writing Exhibitions of student learning, with their many projects, activities, and associated banter, can take on the atmosphere of a science fair or a grand opening at an art gallery.
Writing About Math First, as in any subject, writing about math forces students to articulate their thoughts…
Differentiated Assessment on Trial For the past month, my students had been reading Lord of the Flies, and this was the trial…
Writing From Experience I spend the entire summer thinking of books that my students will enjoy and considering…
