Grow Your Mind
Guest Blog: Is Your Classroom a Haven for Risk Taking & Growth?
I felt embarrassed and sad for my friends and classmates as they sat looking down at their desks waiting for the humiliation of their test finally being placed in front of them at the bottom of the pile. It has haunted me ever since…
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…