Category Archives: Teacher Tips
Should We Raise School Standards?
So… should we raise school standards? Raises a few questions, doesn’t it?
Tricks for Kids Who Need to Follow the Text as they Read
Many children who are learning to read need to use a finger or other aid to help keep their place in the text while they read. While there are some good and bad arguments to both of these, here are … Continue reading
A Quick Look at Differentiated Instruction
Differentiated Instruction, or teaching various levels at the same time to a classroom full of students who are learning at different lessons, is a commonly discussed topic in the schools today. The thing that is interesting is that some of … Continue reading
Indoor Recess Solutions
Whenever the weather is bad, students are prevented from burning off excess energy outside during recess and are bound indoors for the dreaded “indoor recess”. While there will always be a handful of students who are fine with this and … Continue reading
Do not Differentiate Your Instruction…or Should You?
After reading a post on the Pennington Publishing Blog, I started to thinking about learning styles. While I agree with much of what Mr. Pennington says, I wanted to take a moment to comment on each of his points about … Continue reading
