How to thrive as a co-teacher
Here’s what I learned in my first year of co-teaching about building and sustaining a productive and positive relationship.
Flipping lessons and homework
This year I used a different teaching model that helped me use my time with my high school math students more productively: I “flipped” my class so the lesson was taught at home and traditional homework was done in class.
Strategies for teaching ELLs
Supporting English language learners in your classroom is no simple task. Here is a list of strategies you can implement right away.
Verdict on mock trials: effective
Have you considered asking your high school students to re-enact famous trials of historical figures like Galileo or Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher or a literary character like Tom Robinson in “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
Free app scores points with kindergarten class
3 strategies to prompt richer student discussion
My school has made a big push this year to encourage group work, collaboration and rich discussion among students. To that end, my school’s professional development team has introduced us to three innovative strategies.
Let students inspire projects
The value of letting our students' ideas propel classroom work came home to me most dramatically when my students last year found old artifacts hiding in a gap in our classroom closet.
Nurturing the joy of reading
As teachers, we want our students to view reading as a pleasurable experience — not just as something that is required of them. The following ideas may help in your quest to create that enjoyment.
Role-playing brings learning to life
One strategy for bringing learning to life in your high school classroom is to have your students take on the role of characters from the past or from literature.
Helping students express themselves in math
Mathematics is a difficult subject to teach. But every one of our students is capable of jaywalking. They are capable of determining how far they should risk going into the ocean. It’s just that sometimes they don’t know how to express it or they haven’t had the opportunity to express it in a way that makes sense to them.