15 Challenge, SDI, and Enrichment Activities to Keep Challenge Groups Engaged in the Mixed-ability Classroom – Part 1
One of the biggest challenges teachers face when they are teaching a multi-ability class, where some students are working at the honors level and other students are struggling, is to be able to teach all of those students at an appropriate level and still maintain...
Get the Wiggle Rumps Engaged
By Guest Author Lisa Baker-King Back in the day, when I taught pre-school; I was full of that new teacher, bright eyed and bushy tailed, optimism. “Silly rabbits, tricks are for kids,” said the slightly scary rabbit that ate my favorite sugar cereal. I was ready to...
Break the Rules and Teach our Children to Love to Learn
By Guest Author Lisa Baker-King I hate rules. Seriously! I used to wonder why. Looking back, there were a few clues… (Insert Wayne’s World alternate ending music… ) The time in theology class when I decided to argue like a seasoned trial lawyer with the well-meaning...
Studying Tips: A Powerful Memorization Strategy and Review Technique – Three Card Match
Studying Tips: A Study Strategy for Vocabulary and Anything Else you Need to Memorize for that Multiple Choice Test! We can take flash cards to another level when working with vocabulary and other concepts by adding definitions or descriptors to our terms and visual...