Resilient Learners: Do’s and Don’ts
There comes a time in everyone’s teaching career where you are faced with a different kind of challenge. Something that shows its many faces within […]
Misc
When Home Dominates School
A student with a high ACEs score is going to have difficulty. That’s a fact. How we as teachers react to that difficulty is what […]
Fostering (all) of the Resilient Learners!
Fostering (all) of the Resilient Learners! Resilience Definitions: The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. The ability of a substance or object to spring […]
Our Students Are Resilient
Sitting in our classrooms is dozens and dozens of students with a variety of backgrounds. We don’t always know what kinds of homes they come […]
Helping Those Kids
Have you ever had a room full of kids and wondered why their work varies so dramatically amongst them? Has there ever been that one kid […]
Resilient (adj): able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
What do you think of when you hear the word “home“? Your dog? Your parents? Your siblings? The smell of clean sheets? A homemade meal? […]
Don’t Make Your Students Dread “Test Day!”
The Typical Assessment Day Drag Does this image look familiar? Sadly, I’m sure it does. Assessment day always leaves a bad tastes in students’ mouths. They […]
Assess for the Best
Assessment in the Science Classroom There are hundreds of ways to assess students in a science classroom. Lab reports. Multiple Choice exams. Written Essays. Demonstrations. […]
Getting More Out Of Assessment
Tests and Quizzes. The first thing anyone thinks when you say the word assessment is tests and quizzes. If you want to figure out how […]
Science-ssment
Being a science teacher comes with all sorts of challenges, details, and oversights. We all know that. How we approach these challenges, however, is what […]