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Capitalizing on Vocabulary

Strategies for teaching vocabulary from teachers in the [...]

Music as a Behavior Management Strategy

A couple of teachers in my fall seminars offered the ideas outlined below for using music for classroom [...]

Seven Surefire Ways to Relate Classroom Material to the Student's World

One of the best ways to engage and motivate students is to apply learning to real-world situations or to associate the learning with something that students can identify with. The examples that follow have been used successfully in classrooms around the country and can be adapted for your subject and [...]

Comings and Goings - Two weeks of Co-teaching Coaching and Training

Co-teaching Seminars This Week

Here in St. Louis (Clayton, actually). Checked in, shuttle driver took me to Whole foods – did groceries, going to polish my co-teaching presentation before bed. Tomorrow St. Louis, Tuesday: Springfield, MO, Wed: Kansas City, MO, Thurs: Minneapolis, MN, and Friday, FARGO!!!

Co-teaching Coaching Last Week

Last week I was working with Permian High [...]

How can I Present History Effectively?

In history, some chapters are long and packed with information. Sometimes I think – how can I present this effectively? It’s too much! Here’s what Susan Streetman from Nederland High School in Texas [...]

Teaching Nouns: Teacher in the Trash?

Teaching Nouns with Humor

When I teach nouns to my resource students, I always begin with this concrete strategy. With a regular trash can in the front of my room I drop a pencil, book, eraser, etc into the can. I then tell them these are all “things”, and all “things” are nouns! I then step [...]