No Frills Classroom
Reading is one of my favorite subjects to teach. I know that it’s not always a favorite for some of my students because of mandated response sheets (not from me!), recording books on logs at home, or lack of choice when it comes to what they can read. Throughout the year I try to take what our curriculum offers and…
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I might be a no frills kinda gal, but I am also nostalgic and love reflecting on the awesome year we share as a class. We know as educators that reflection is a critical part of growing as learners and people. Reflection serves us in many ways, especially in helping us strive for what we need and want next. Like…
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The end of the year is full of emotions and flies by. Celebrate your amazing students with personalized certificates to honor some of their best qualities and strengths as people and learners! Subscribe to No Frills Classroom and you’ll receive these editable certificates for FREE via a GOOGLE SLIDES link to add your students names and edit as you wish…
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It’s really easy for me to hand out problems, grade them and ask students to revise or try again, but that is boring and not really pushing on their thinking. The power in partnerships is much more engaging and rigorous.
Get kids talking, explaining and deepening their understandings with this partner coaching structure. Check out Word Problem Showdown for more details about why this matters and works. Partner Coaching: Thanks to some teachers at my school (Morgan, looking at you!) I was re-introduced to Partner Coaching. This idea was developed by the Math Collective in NYC…visit them here: www.mathcollective.org. You can…
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What is it? A test prep strategy. Responding to student needs in the moment. A lot of fun. Worth the time and energy. What it is not…Teaching to the test. (It only takes 15-20 minutes to play. You can give the passages for homework or do them for practice the previous day). Why students love it? It gives a purpose…
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