Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Clever Organization Ideas for Teachers
I'm an organizing nut. My favorite store is not a clothing store, or a shoe store. My favorite store is the Container Store. And, I LOVE novel ways to repurpose items to create practical...
A Dozen Quotes of Appreciation For Teachers
One thing that I always stress in my programs is the importance of making sure that those we work with know that we appreciate them and the things they do for students. Teachers make a difference...
Vocabulary Interventions for Really Terrific Instruction (RTI)
Kinesthetic Strategies Increase Vocabulary Recall Many students who may need a vocabulary intervention are Bodily-Kinesthetic learners, meaning they learn through their bodies and they need to...
A Memory Strategy; Chunking, Processing, and Paraphrasing
Many students with learning disabilities struggle with memory deficit issues. Primarily, they forget information they need to do well on tests or to do the higher-level thinking required for...
Motivating Students to be Engaged Learners, in 30 Days or Less
Seven tips from a learning strategies motivational expert While it's easy to look at underperforming students and label them as lazy, in reality, research indicates that most students lack...
Top 8 Mistakes That Doom Effective Lecture Delivery
If you are going to direct teach, sometimes still referred to as lecture, one of the best ways to do it well is to identify the mistakes made during ineffective lectures and steer clear of them....
Seven Simple Ideas for Introducing Technology in the Classroom
Technology is not meant to be cumbersome, nor should it be treated as an add-on or a substitute for a regular lesson plan. Showing a movie on a day when no lesson is prepared is not what...
Influence of Media on Children
Talk to Your Child About the Influence of Media on Children Take the time to discuss with children, at a level they can understand, the effect TV shows and other forms of media have on them....
Free Reading Resources
Free Reading Resources from Reading A-Z Every teacher is involved with increasing fluency and reading skills in their students. Reading A-Z is a commercial website that offers downloadable and...
Educational Technology – Overcoming Obstacles to Successful Implementation
Educational Technology - Why? Today’s students are digital learners. Often more comfortable on a computer than with a pen in hand, students spend hours on their smartphones, laptops, tablets,...
Danger! How Assuming That Students Understand Our Words Fails Them
Bev and her husband had hosted an inner city teen for a few of weeks during the past summer. She gushed about what a fulfilling experience it had been, then she paused, reflected for a moment,...
Bullying by Exclusion: He Says, “She Says I Can’t Play!”
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