February 9, 2015 2 Reading for a Cause: the TCFL Readathon One Tuesday morning, our Parent Support Group suggested we host a readathon at school. Because the word [...]
February 5, 2015 1 The Zaption Experiment A few months ago I discovered Zaption when I took The Teaching Channel’s observation [...]
January 21, 2015 0 Marine Conservation and Project-Based Learning Guest bloggers Dennis Negron (the head of TCFL’s Science Department) and Lizzie Nyitray [...]
November 30, 2014 2 B is Not an A Guest blogger Laura Sanchez has a PhD in Neuroscience and Education, specializing in reading [...]
November 24, 2014 0 Revolution I just finished reading Deborah Wiles’ captivating historical fiction novel, Revolution, and it is [...]
November 18, 2014 3 Experimenting with the Flipped Classroom Flipped classroom ideas are everywhere on the internet lately and they make so much sense. [...]
November 7, 2014 0 Character Dress Up Day and the Culture of Reading Teachers greeting students Every year, near the end of October, we harness the creative fun of Halloween [...]
October 22, 2014 2 How We Teach Writing At The Community for Learning, we teach writing through a writing workshop model (see the work of Nancie [...]
October 14, 2014 12 How We Teach Reading Several parents have asked me to write about the philosophy we use at TCFL to teach reading. Parents can see [...]
September 14, 2014 2 Improving Class Discussions Class discussions are the heart and soul of good teaching. When students discuss ideas, they learn from each [...]