Questioning… questioning can be a quite a challenge for me. I am quick to give students the answer when they ask me for help, or I notice something they are doing. Sometimes the questions I attempt to use are terrible and not very effective. I need to start preplanning the…
Students are unique and we cannot expect our activities to be a one size fits all, we need to ensure whatever we provide is going to be meaningful for ALL our students.Online learning has presented many new tools to support student learning, but I believe excitement and memorable experiences…
Jesse Credit I believe teachers must instill a passion for learning in our students. We want them to be engaged in and excited about the material so what they are learning will stick with them. This also falls on teachers to include relevant content throughout the unit/ lesson and allow…
When I think about what fun can look like in the classroom I envision curious students actively engaged and learning. If we want students to have fun in our classrooms and with the curriculum we provide we first need to spark their curiosity and offer content that resonates with them.…
As teachers we can spread ourselves pretty thin trying to balance our school responsibilities, managing our own lives, and worrying about our students. There is a lot to always be thinking about and we need to maintain our own physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing if we hope to see learners…
I believe the best ways we can connect our lessons to the science standard's and engage student's thinking is by first introducing the content and letting students explore the material. It is easy to just tell students what they need to know, but when this happens…
As a child I was always a little different from my peers. I had to move frequently and during the school semesters I lived with my father in a small country town in northeast Connecticut. Every school break I would go to my mothers in an even smaller mountain town…