Grow Your Mind
Podcast: Creating Opportunities for Authentic Engagement
Using mathematical discourse and productive struggle to enhance social emotional learning skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, growth mindset, and emotional regulation.
Guest Blog: Walk the Talk
When we think about implementing new approaches to learning in our schools, it is critical that leadership provide more than lip service in support of these initiatives…
The Value of Choice
Offering choices in the classroom (or in the home for that matter) can be a huge key to increasing authentic engagement for learners. I’ve experienced this first hand as a parent and as an educator, but the research also backs this up…
Guest Blog: 3 Essentials for Literacy Success in the K-2 Classroom
By incorporating 3 literacy essentials, we are not only giving our learners true foundational skills, but also the confidence to use their voices as their literacy skills have a real chance to grow.
A Troublesome Representation
I put out base ten blocks and asked the two boys to come up with a representation for the story. I said that I did not need an answer, just a visual of what was happening in the story. To my great astonishment after a few minutes this is what they came up with…
3 Strategies for Increasing Authentic Engagement
In the words of William Ayers, “There is no formula or recipe that works for all learners at all times. There is no set of lesson plans or units that can engage the range of learning styles, approaches, and intelligences that are likely to gather in one classroom.” We know that there is variability among learners in a classroom. To increase engagement authentically, we have to intentionally design learning experiences that increase commitment, motivation, and even excitement.