Walking the Labyrinth

Lately, I have been using brain dumps in class as a learning strategy.  This tool (as explained at Retrieval Practice) is a simple way to en...

In the week prior to Thanksgiving, in my daily check-in , a student shared she was not looking forward to Thanksgiving.  This prompted m...

The excitement and anticipation were tangible and took me by surprise. In my pursuit of gamifying the classroom, students were working as ...

Students don’t always like to spend a lot of time revising their writing. So, in the midst of creating an argument writing piece, I sought a...

Many opportunities to strengthen their ability to support claims with evidence and reasoning, to revise, to speak, and to listen - all while...