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No regrets: Skip the week of review
Your students don’t need to review. Does that sound crazy? I’m sure it does, so let me explain: Every time I have spent significant time reviewing old concepts at the...
No regrets: Skip the week of review
Your students don’t need to review. Does that sound crazy? I’m sure it does, so let me explain: Every time I have spent significant time reviewing old concepts at the...

Think-Pair-Share is proficiency's best friend
If you were to sit in my class on any given day, the one thing that happens over and over is a Think-Pair-Share: I pose a question. The kids talk...
Think-Pair-Share is proficiency's best friend
If you were to sit in my class on any given day, the one thing that happens over and over is a Think-Pair-Share: I pose a question. The kids talk...

Brainstorm: Eliciting prior knowledge + Collab...
One thing that the COVID pandemic has taught us is that students love to collaborate. An infinite number of middle and high school students have recounted their desire to talk...
Brainstorm: Eliciting prior knowledge + Collab...
One thing that the COVID pandemic has taught us is that students love to collaborate. An infinite number of middle and high school students have recounted their desire to talk...

Collaborate! The email response
The email response is a feature of EvErY unit we teach: it's aligned to AP, it's natural, and it sets our students up for life skills in how to formally...
Collaborate! The email response
The email response is a feature of EvErY unit we teach: it's aligned to AP, it's natural, and it sets our students up for life skills in how to formally...

Going digital in a hurry...and World Water Day
Teachers. WOW. Just Wow. We know how you are all scrambling to create a high quality virtual classroom for a class that is based on input. No easy feat. We...
Going digital in a hurry...and World Water Day
Teachers. WOW. Just Wow. We know how you are all scrambling to create a high quality virtual classroom for a class that is based on input. No easy feat. We...

Cultural Connections via QR codes
Cultural Connections: QR codes We use QR codes for a ton of different things, making vocabulary comprehensible, accessing videos and original source documents We post them to share further information...
Cultural Connections via QR codes
Cultural Connections: QR codes We use QR codes for a ton of different things, making vocabulary comprehensible, accessing videos and original source documents We post them to share further information...