Here’s an interesting way to move students past mundane patterns in their writing. Ask for a rewrite, but without a letter (or two).
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Reflecting and Planning With Four Lists
Four lists I update every time I sit down to reflect and plan.
Why I Stopped Giving Talks
I made my living talking about teaching. Here’s why I’m done with that!
Let Your Brain Breathe!
I was breathing in too much. I needed to exhale. I didn’t need more ideas. I needed to do less!
How Clear Is Your Gifted Program’s Purpose?
I’ve long been concerned about how gifted education, as a field, communicates it’s purpose. If we don’t have a clear story, some else will write our story for us and it won’t be pretty.
Running A Gifted Program: Parent Nights
I’ve been to over a hundred parent nights and my main takeaway is this: use the time to build a community and get to know your parents’ needs. And stay away from PowerPoint!
Which One is Not Like The Others?
When we ask kids “which one is not like the others”, our cleverest students love to find ways to pick the non-obvious answer. So why not use this as a framework for pushing students deeper into our content.
Calculating the Volume of Laptops
So once your students can calculate volume… what do you have them do next? In this math project, kids will look up historic laptops, calculate their volumes, and note how technology has changed over time.
Depth and Complexity Frames: My Big Mistake
Frames, a graphic organizer often used with the Depth and Complexity framework, have one big trap that I fell into for years.
Synonym Graphs
Use a two-dimensional scatter plot to dig into the nuances of several synonyms.