Start A Lesson With A Music Video

Tickling Curiosity

Let's look at a way to encourage and scaffold curiosity in our classes using a "Book of Unanswered Questions." Begin by sharing intriguing objects or images and asking your own questions. Give kids a chance to find answers to their questions. Then encourage students to bring in their own intriguing conversation starters. Finally, move students towards curriculum based questions.

Remixing Stories With Gifted Students

One of my favorite ways to differentiate for gifted students is to create "remixes" of an existing idea. Students take an existing story, reshape it, and create a new product. It encourages them to explore the stories behind existing stories, helps them to understand how real writers work, and gives them a creative way to explore literature.

Start A Lesson With A Music Video

Upgrading Questions with Key Words

Students Need More Than Independent Work

Why I don’t include “Explain Why” in Questions

Tickling Curiosity

No Street Names In Japan?

First Levels: Sentence Starters

Beware “Real World Problems”

Fluency: Asking For (Way) More Than One Answer

Remixing Stories With Gifted Students

Cross Curricular

Start A Lesson With A Music Video

Upgrading Questions with Key Words

Students Need More Than Independent Work

Why I don’t include “Explain Why” in Questions

Tickling Curiosity

No Street Names In Japan?

First Levels: Sentence Starters

Beware “Real World Problems”

Fluency: Asking For (Way) More Than One Answer

Remixing Stories With Gifted Students