Cooperative Learning through Problem Solving
Teaching students to solve problems and better yet, work together to solve problems, is a key skill in elementary school. This cooperative learning resource is a structured activity where students…
Effective instructional strategies shape how students learn, engage, and grow. Strong instruction goes beyond delivering content—it includes thoughtful lesson planning, purposeful engagement, formative assessment, collaboration, and support for diverse learners. The right strategies help students think deeply, participate actively, and make meaningful connections to new learning.
Teaching students to solve problems and better yet, work together to solve problems, is a key skill in elementary school. This cooperative learning resource is a structured activity where students…
If there’s one thing that keeps me grounded during a hectic school year, it’s having a solid daily plan for teaching. Between read-alouds, recess, math blocks, and maybe even jury…
How do you plan? Do you handwrite your lesson plans? Do you create them electronically? Do you have a fancy or a plain plan book? I’ve been teaching for 13…
How do you plan for a full year of teaching in your classroom? What curriculum do you choose? How do you choose what to teach during each month of the…
This is not a new idea, but I wanted to show you how engaged my ELD kiddos were the other week. Our objective was to compare and contrast two different…
Want to learn a fun way to fold a booklet for students? I taught my students how to fold this little booklet to record the results of a multiplication game….
I know most of us have English learners in our classrooms, but how many of you have to teach English Language Development (ELD) or ESL everyday? In California, we need…
Scaffold student writing in the content areas by providing them with word lists, a way to organize the words and sentence frames. Find out how I help my English learners and struggling writers to organize their thoughts when comparing and contrasting urban and rural environments.
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