Back to School Advice for Establishing a Parent-Teacher Partnership Every school has a back to school night, and every parent can use some back to school advice from a teacher. Back to school night is the perfect occasion to lay the foundation for the strong parent-teacher partnership that will support the academic and social-emotional success of [...]
Image courtesy of amaZEN U 3 Easy Tips for A Calmer ClassroomAs the new year gets underway, it is a good time to reflect and make a few adjustments/improvements to your classroom layout. They do not have to be dramatic! In fact, you may find that the more subtle the changes the more effective they are.One [...]
"The truth is there is simply more work than there is time to do it, and some things are just beyond our control." -M. Connely 7th Grade Math, Atlanta GA In many instances, we as educators expect ourselves to be perfect because we understand the stakes for our students. Furthermore, we can lose sight of the [...]
“I’m going to do whatever it takes to be creative for our children, even if that means it comes out of my pocket.” -DeAnn Moran, 2nd Grade Teacher, Moore Public Schools Teachers spend a lot of their own money for their classroomsWith the popularity of Google Classroom and connected tools like Quick Key, teachers have more options for classroom [...]
Image Via Edtechteacher.org New Feature Alert Each week we will share with you one of our features. Our goal is to keep you abreast of all of the different ways you can use Quick Key in your Google Classroom, or any classroom for that matter. Thank you for dropping by the TEACH BIG™ Blog, and please [...]
Question Item Bank for Assessment for LearningIn part one of this series Multiple Choice Questions Based on Blooms Taxonomy. We examined concerns around the validity of multiple choice questions and recommended their use in low-stakes formative assessment. To help you save time, we are sharing this item bank and quiz builder provided by the U.S. Department of Education [...]
Healthy Classroom Relationships Contribute to Higher Academic Achievement"Building positive classroom relationships has a major impact on a student’s academic and behavioral success. When students believe that their teacher values and respects them, they are more likely to value and respect the teacher." -Courtney Dealy, Boys Town National TrainingResources for Building a Healthy Classroom Culture5 Strategies to [...]
If you love learning about new ways to help you be creative and student-focused in a data-driven world, you might want to check out Numeracy Ninjas. The brainchild of Math teacher William Emeny, this program is awesome.According to Emeny "Numeracy Ninjas is a project driven by the belief that all students excel in math and leave school [...]
Teacher Resources as Good as Texas Brisket!I would characterize my discovery Donna Boucher's "Math Coach's Corner" blog, as similar to the first time I ate brisket in Texas. I knew I had found something special, and I couldn't stop telling anyone outside of Texas who would listen. Boucher is a math interventionist, in Katy TX. Her blog [...]
My Data Driven Instruction NightmareThursday morning, and it was cold. The day, designated for professional development. It was my first year at a high performing, "no excuses" charter school. The results were in from our first benchmark exam of the year. I sat, a little uneasy, knowing that my colleagues and I we were being judged [...]