Kelly, a reader of this blog, writes: Thank you for the thorough and interesting materials on your website. I am experimenting with a bunch of them this year, especially the SSR and Quickwrite components of a daily schedule. . A quick question - would you allow students to listen to [...]
Sarah, a Spanish teacher who has been using some of our self-assessment tools for students (such as the Independent Reading Rubric, the Interpersonal Communication Self-Assessment, this Higher Level Thinking Assessment Example, and this Higher Level Thinking Book Report Example) writes: . Hi Bryce, Do you put the self assessment [...]
Many teachers have been struggling with my pandemic-influenced kids who not only aren’t getting the input they need but are distracting other students. Most of the class is smiling/laughing/engaged… so the compelling aspect may not be the problem… but some students just won't pay attention long enough to give [...]
Even small gestures can have a big impact—a look, a word can change a student's attitude and outlook. At the beginning of the holiday season, let's allow Charles Dickens to remind us to do this. We need to be more like Fezziwig. .
This bit of encouragement is specifically designed for Spanish teachers, but all will benefit. MUY BIEN Y MAS You may be doing a good job of praising your students already. This document is a way to give you some more ideas and options beyond a reflexive "Muy bien." Under [...]
See a description of my new reading seminar and find out how to register here. See the rest of of the insightful and stimulating reading quotes in this series here. Just get them reading! See a sample weekly schedule to promote healthy reading here.