I’ve Been Living a Double Life
You know me as a teacher, an author, and a speaker who has worked with K-12 schools for the past 30+ years. You may know I’m a mom of two adult children, both gifted, one with significant learning disabilities. My heart and soul has been devoted to helping students...
Co-teaching Model – One Guide Tech and One Facilitate Discussion
#8 One Guide Tech and One Facilitate Discussion – The HOW of Co-teaching In this implementation of the co-teaching models, one co-teacher presents instruction and leads discussion based on student real-time responses. During the discussion, the other co-teacher...
Use Reciprocal Teaching Strategies to Dramatically Boost Reading Comprehension
One of the best RTI teaching strategies to improve reading comprehension is reciprocal teaching – an instructional strategy involving discussion as well as using reading strategies to improve comprehension of text. Reciprocal teaching uses a four-step method – often...