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No regrets:  Skip the week of review

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

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...

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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...

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Brainstorm:  Eliciting prior knowledge + Collaboration

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...

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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...

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Collaborate!  The email response

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

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 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...