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Teacher to teacher
February 7, 2019
Breaking the monotony of Regents test prep
Chris Capezzuto
February 7, 2019
When a teacher can find innovative and creative ways to approach mundane subjects, it can truly get a student’s creative juices flowing. Wooden blocks helped build a Regents Prep program that does just that.
January 3, 2019
Launching a service learning project
Latasha Jones
January 3, 2019
Students do better in school when learning engages both their minds and their hearts. This dual approach is known as service learning — a teaching method that develops students’ skills and knowledge as they apply classroom lessons to meet real community needs.
December 6, 2018
Is it fake news?
Patrick Sprinkle
December 6, 2018
Students and voters alike have been encountering fake news since long before the 2016 election.
November 1, 2018
Structured teaching can benefit all students
Nina Krisel Berke
November 1, 2018
Structured teaching, an intervention for students with special needs, includes the physical organization of the classroom, individualized schedules, work/activity systems and visual organization of materials. There are elements of structured teaching from which all students — not just those with special needs — can benefit.
October 4, 2018
Honing nonverbal communication skills
Sandra Fajgier
October 4, 2018
In my pre-K classroom, I strive to strengthen my students’ nonverbal communication skills because understanding facial expressions and gestures allows for communication to be fluid, natural and meaningful. For English language learners, these skills are just as important as listening, speaking, reading and writing English when it comes to acquiring English language skills.
September 6, 2018
Managing your classroom
Elizabeth Paradiso
September 6, 2018
As we think about gearing up for a new school year, here are a few tips to help us navigate the busy, sometimes overwhelming job of managing a classroom.
July 5, 2018
The importance of character education
Nancy Wahl
July 5, 2018
There is a profound connection between developing good character and achieving academically. For this reason, our committee of educators launched a character education program to highlight skills that might promote good character in our students.
June 7, 2018
Helping students become self-aware learners
Karen Keesling
June 7, 2018
I started to research metacognition in young children because I wanted my students to be aware of their own learning and thinking and take ownership over their own successes.
May 3, 2018
Creating audio narratives
Laura Winnick
May 3, 2018
In a 12th-grade ELA class, I turned a research unit on disaster and apocalyptic fiction into a podcasting unit and tasked my students, 65 percent of whom were English language learners, with becoming media makers for real-world audiences.
April 5, 2018
Snacking on nonfiction in ELA class
Aimee Fournier
April 5, 2018
For some reason, suffering appeals to my 6th-graders as readers. Because of this consistent interest, each spring I organize book clubs around what I refer to as “social issue” books. This year, I decided to focus exclusively on nonfiction books.
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