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...
Why Change Mindsets About Student Potential?
Change Your Mindset About Student Potential I started teaching in 1980 and, over the years, I became increasingly aware of the large number of students who were labeled special needs who probably did not need nor deserve that stigma and lifelong label. A consequence...
Teaching Emotions in the Classroom
Many times, if young children are unable to act empathetic towards their siblings, friends, and classmates, it is not because they do not feel empathy, it is simply because they do not have the correct vocabulary to communicate their emotions. Teaching children...
12 Ways to Teach Kids to Recognize and Label Their Emotions
1. Give youth a vocabulary for their emotions – Use our Moodz poster to help kids identify their emotions and name their feelings. Students may not have the words for what they are feeling, but they may recognize the emotion in the expression on a child’s...