Here are 20 questions to help you and your students reflect on the school year. You could use these informally for discussion when you have a few minutes, or, for a more personal reflection experience, take a few of your favorites to use for a survey or as writing/journal prompts....
This collection of 110 comments and phrases is perfect for end of the year report cards. With examples of positive comme... CLASSROOM TOOLS Report Card Comments & Phrases—Personality & Attitude These comments and phrases are appropriate for all students across grade levels and are a great time...
This can be done twice: at the beginning of the year, as a resolution/planning, and at the end, as a reflection on the past year. Oh, and you can change the word (mid-way, if needed)! It is your life, your goals, your journey, and sometimes, the change is so big that it di...
A free guide for educators grade 4 to 6 with lesson plans and discussion questions to support students reading The Kodiaks: Home Ice Advantage. Use this guide in the classroom to explore themes of self-esteem, mental health, health and identity; the ongoing impacts of colonialism, particularly ...
Discover everything you need to survive your first year of teaching, from first day teaching tips, to printables and lesson plans, to advice for new teachers.
By the end of the year, promotional material for training courses at his TEFL Equity Academy were being displayed on the front page of his TEFL Equity Advocates web site. I pointed out this conflict of interests on my blog, arguing that Kiczkowiak had developed a powerful brand to ...
You will end up spending weeks or months of your life working closely with the faculty, so it’s important that you have the opportunity to ask questions. Unless stated otherwise, a delay of more than 48 hours on an email response could be a sign they’re not keeping up with your pace...
End of the year. Finally. Sixty plus school days out, from March 12th until June 12th. Who knows what the fall will bring? More of the same, full distance learning? Some days in school, some distance? Totally back in person? Full of questions. So I asked the students a series of qu...
We address the following questions about the teacher’s practice: For each aspect of statistical modeling, what were recurrent forms of teacher dialogic support for student appropriation of that aspect? During the long-term course of classroom conversations, how, and to what extent, did the ...
Last year, I worked through a Project-Based Learning unit where I gave constant feedback daily and students created questions, delved into subjects of their own choice, and made connections to the curriculum. In the end, I handed them a rubric with a grade and some comments on it. How ...