On January 4th, 2010 I had the pleasure of presenting a seminar on teaching strategies to over 150 teachers from Havana School District 126 in Havana, Illinois. The Superintendent, Dr. Mark Twomey, was there too meet me before the session started, he not only introduced me, he STAYED for the entire presentation. It’s not [...]
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Well, here’s the nitty-gritty: No matter what the research says, the label is often wrong. What I mean by that is: School districts who put two teachers in an ‘inclusive’ classroom can CALL it co-teaching, yet, it may not be CO-teaching at all. And, if it is called co-teaching on paper simply because two bodies are in the room and it doesn’t work, it’s decided that Co-teaching does not work. Read the article for what does [...] The goal—that is, the content to be learned–is still the same for all students, but the path to learning can become much more varied and responsive to the different learning styles and levels of the students in the classroom. Once the basic concepts are understood, though, there are many simple and effective techniques for implementing differentiated instruction in the classroom. Introducing pictures and images, movement-based exercises, cooperative projects, and color-coded instruction aids are four teaching strategies that target the special needs of diverse learning styles, while still benefiting all the students in that [...] A couple of teachers in my fall seminars offered the ideas outlined below for using music for classroom [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Rochelle Middle School Teachers Working Hard to Engage Students Today, I worked with two groups of teachers at Rochelle Middle School who are interested in learning more strategies to differentiate instruction and meet their students needs. We discussed behavior management strategies for working with groups and Four Corners activites, and quietly cueing kids to get on task [...] Considering the Merits of Virtual Schooling 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 [...]
Fearless Fractions Fearless fractions: grades 4-9. Teaches teachers how to use color to introduce the addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers. Each fraction has its own color as in Rainbow Fraction® Teaching System. Fractions cannot be added or subtracted until they become the same color (common denominators). Ratios, probability, percents, proportions, and making predictions [...] |
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