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The Body of the Essay: A Visual Demonstration

The Body of an essay…I use the human body as an analogy to explain the parts of an essay. This blog entry shows you [...]

Redirect Students without Provoking Power Struggles

Behavior Management Cue Card Approach!
Here’s a way to quietly cue students to choose positive behavior. Use a cue [...]

My daughter's mind-map wall

As a parent who has spent my children’s lifetimes trying to teach them how to learn, I was very excited when I walked into my daughter’s college apartment and found mind-maps, mnemonics, color, etc. all over one of her walls. Now, it’s not unusual to find mandalas on her door or on her walls, or [...]

Differentiating Language Arts through Online Games

I was doing some research for a teacher that I’m coaching in differentiating instruction and decided to share the results of the search with my blog readers. She teaches language arts.

If your students or children (I realize they are often both the same) could use some extra practice with grammar, dictionary skills, parts of speech, [...]

How Can Parents Help their Children with Homework? Beyond setting up the environment…

The Internet is full of lists of homework tips for parents that focus on setting up the environment and managing behavior. The one aspect of helping children with homework that is rarely addressed is “how”. How do I help my child to memorize those spelling words? How do I help him or her to comprehend [...]