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Teaching Students Responsibility

For as long as humans have lived on Earth, generations of adults have bemoaned the lack of due diligence in the upcoming generation: "They're indifferent and don't work hard," they declare. "We have to teach them...
Author: Rick Wormeli
Number of views (38381)/Comments (0)/
Topics: TeachingYoung Adolescent Development
Tags: Student EngagementRick WormeliStudent AchievementSocial Emotional Learning
Prep-Once Activities

Prep-Once Activities

Bust worksheets and lectures with these activities you can reuse many times over.

We've all experienced it—you look up from your lesson to notice a virus spreading among your students. First one, then three, and before long, the whole class is overtaken. It's a zombie virus ... the virus of...
Author: Katie Powell
Number of views (14981)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Student EngagementStudent Motivation
Bringing Real World Experiences to the Classroom

Bringing Real World Experiences to the Classroom

Distance learning and classroom visits spark excitement learning social studies

Making social studies come alive is a top priority when trying to engage my middle schoolers. I began this process through distance learning. Using Skype in the classroom has enabled my students to travel to places...
Author: Dan Jones
Number of views (13368)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Student EngagementSocial StudiesSkype

50% of the Class; 100% of the Learning

You are in the middle of a lesson and all the students are following along—except that one student who has lots of questions. The questions are good, engaging, and you can tell the student is making every effort...
Author: Ryan Fuderer
Number of views (15597)/Comments (1)/
Topics: Differentiated InstructionTeaching
Tags: Student EngagementMath
Leading with the Student Voice

Leading with the Student Voice

Recently, in response to a group of middle school students who asked about my journey to becoming a school leader, I recalled my 23-year journey to being awarded my Ph.D. in 2004 and my mother's sage advice. I...
Author: Nikki Woodson
Number of views (13157)/Comments (0)/
Topics: InspirationLeadership
Tags: Student EngagementStudent Motivation
Classroom Management with Voice–Movement–Task

Classroom Management with Voice–Movement–Task

Explicit expectations are a key to classroom management.

Sometimes it's the simple things that are the solution to classroom management problems. Consider the simple task of giving directions. As basic as they may be, directions are the infrastructure of a well-managed...
Author: Victoria S. Lentfer
Number of views (22099)/Comments (2)/
Topics: Classroom Management
Tags: Student Engagement
3 Tips for Teaching Speaking and Listening Skills

3 Tips for Teaching Speaking and Listening Skills

Students need strong speaking and listening skills to succeed in school and beyond.

There is truth to the old adage "what is tested, is taught," particularly in the past several years of assessment mania. The question we need to be asking ourselves, though, is what "test" are we preparing our...
Author: Amber Chandler
Number of views (52701)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Student EngagementProject Based LearningOral Language
Driving Instruction: Giving Students the Wheel

Driving Instruction: Giving Students the Wheel

Giving students choices speaks to their wants and needs.

Think back to the last time you took a road trip. As the driver, you might have used a GPS or map to help you navigate, or even asked advice from your passenger. But ultimately, as the driver, you made the final...
Author: Olga Lehmann, Joyell Weimer
Number of views (16932)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Teaching
Tags: Student EngagementDemocratic ClassroomVocabulary
Parent-Teacher Communication, Student Engagement, and Math

Parent-Teacher Communication, Student Engagement, and Math

Parental involvement is critical to student engagement and achievement.

Accountability is a powerful motivator in business and in education. As a teacher who often is in contact with my students' parents, I have always believed that accountability encourages parents to become more...
Author: Greg M. Benson
Number of views (20750)/Comments (1)/
Topics: Family and CommunityTeaching
Tags: Student EngagementParent Involvement
Necessary Noise: The Importance of Collaborative Learning

Necessary Noise: The Importance of Collaborative Learning

An old-fashioned radio broadcast encourages deeper reading.

Connections between students, connections between texts and students, and connections between texts and the real world are vital to student learning. In classrooms, one way to make connections is by linking people,...
Author: Lesley Roessing
Number of views (24446)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Language Arts and LiteracyTeaching
Tags: Student EngagementStudent MotivationActive LearningLiteratureReadingWritingInterdisciplinary TeachingLiteracy
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