Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Quick Review- A Bell Ringer Strategy
At the beginning of each class I use a warm up or "Quickstart", that includes questions that refer to the lesson material from the day before. This method of review shows me if students understood...
What can paraprofessionals do to support teachers and students in the classroom?
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Putting on the Boxing Gloves: A Teaching Analogy
The Value of Coaching and Experience in the Learning Process From Susan’s booklet, “Martial Arts and the Awakening of a Public School Teacher" Copyright 1995 by Susan Fitzell “How are skills...
Using Video Tutorials to Reinforce Classroom Teaching
Create Computer Tutorials Record What You See On Your Screen Do you ever wish that you could clone your teaching self? Do you feel that if you had more time to tutor students, or provide that extra...
Use Wikki Stix to Differentiate Instruction
Wikki Stix Creative Learning Fun Wikki Stix Acrylic hand-knitting yarn, coated with a microcrystalline wax makes for simple, no mess learning tools. They can serve as interactive concrete examples...
Order of Operations Mnemonic
This is a color coded visual version of the "Order of Operations" Mnemonic, "Please, excuse my dear aunt Sally for looking too rough"
Individual White Boards and Erasers -Low Budget Solutions
Individual White Board Erasers Free Alternatives Do you use individual white boards with your students as a participation activity? Each student has a personal sized white board to use to answer...
The Body of the Essay: A Visual Demonstration
The Body of An Essay Visual Demonstration The Body of an essay…I use the human body as an analogy to explain the parts of an essay. 1. The Brain – the intro: like the brain, the intro “controls” the...
Learning Style Inclusion Methods
Visual Quack! SAT Vocab Success! This educational video set has earned high praise for it's ability to blend an irreverent sense of humor with an "educational assisting program designed to...
Your Own Wiki Pages
Your Own Wiki Pages Isn't the collective knowledge of the Internet demonstrated on sites like Wikipedia amazing? Imagine being able to create your own private pages, totally specific to your course...
Improving Student Learning One Teacher At A Time
Apologies for my absence, I like to update weekly but I've been so busy. The fortunate side of this is I now have loads to share! Specifically, I have this book that was recommended to me by a...
Calming your Class
Linda Schlyer, the Title 1 Math Specialist at Castle Rock Middle School says she uses wind chimes in her classroom to calm students. Here are some other options for calming a classroom from the the...