When you’re teaching a reading skill, can you replace some of those dull sample texts with glorious artwork?
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Example lessons organized by differentiation techniques (you can read more about those techniques here).
💥 Get Ridiculous
🐛 Fuzzy Problems
🌈 The Spectrum Of Abstraction
🤭 Find The Controversy
🎥 Embed A Classic
🪄 Change, Then Explain!
🔬 Get Specific with Criteria
🚫 Anti-Techniques
🏗️ Have A Plan
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Making Punctuation Interesting
How can we move a punctuation lesson beyond mere memorization and towards interesting thinking?
Which is longer: a Ray, a Line, or a Line Segment?
Let’s move beyond memorizing definitions and get kids grappling with the fascinating concept of infinity!
Use Universal Themes to make Fractions Interesting
I love to use fractions as my test content to see if a technique really works. Fractions are, I think, one of the trickiest topics for students to understand and for teachers to make interesting.
Using a Classic in Math!?
According to Costello, 7 × 13 = 28. In fact, watch him prove it…
Combining Depth and Complexity Prompts into a Generalization
Let’s start with a puzzlement, ask kids to generate an abstract statement, and then find evidence that their statement works across several different areas.
Don’t Just “Have A Discussion”
Why I now strike the phrase “have a discussion” from my lesson plans.
Direct Instruction: A Model For Learning A Skill
Direct Instruction is the model to use when we want to teach students to perform a specific skill. It gently moves from teacher modeling to independent student practice.
Inquiry Training: A Model To Teach Good Questioning
Inquiry Training is a model of instruction that looks a lot like 20 Questions. You’ll teach your students to ask more helpful questions and to avoid rushing to a hypothesis too quickly.
Scholar’s Cafe
Get students moving, thinking, writing, and reading each others’ ideas with a Scholar’s Cafe.