20 Tips for Motivating Gifted Kids to THINK!

…this to your principal and even send a letter of the change in expectations. Make sure you explain your goal is to produce the Best Most Productive student you can…..thinkers…

What Makes a Parent Love a Teacher

…update it as you pick up more information about your students, because kids change and grow. Family configurations change. New passions develop. Who they are at the start of the…

Taming Blurters and Wanderers

…For the same reason teachers do. In scientific terms, there are more connections from the brain’s limbic system to the pre-frontal cortex than vice versa. Translation: emotions control reason more…

Tips for Teaching Informational Text

About the only thing we can count on in education is that something is always changing! Our society changes, technology changes, our students are changing, and as a result, the…

Literary Lunch Bunches Foster Love of Reading

…Speaking & Listening standard reads like this, “Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade x topics and texts, building…

Tips for Grading Cooperative Learning Lessons

…you have to follow up with an individual test or quiz. Other cooperative learning activities such as this electricity investigation allow students to explore concepts in an open-ended manner. I…