Fostering Student Autonomy Through Free Choice Writing
I love the fact that when teachers experiment with new strategies, they’ll naturally want to build on [...]
Reading/Writing Workshop
Using Conferences to Improve Students’ Self-Assessment Skills
I’m teaching an 11th grade writing class and my students are finishing up a unit on memoirs. I’m [...]
A Case Study: Empowering Students Through a Gradeless Approach.
At The Community for Learning (TCFL) we use a gradeless approach to assessment in elementary. Instead of [...]
From Superficial to Substantial: Teaching Students to Ask Deeper Questions
Student-led discussions such as socratic seminars, TQE’s or fishbowl discussions, help students take [...]
How to Hook High School Readers Through the Study of Author’s Craft
In his tongue in cheek article How to Create Non-Readers, Alfie Kohn lists all the things teachers tend to do [...]
How to Use Learning Journeys to Facilitate Student-Led Learning
After spending a year and a half in remote learning, many of our students were having difficulty returning to [...]
Reigniting the Reading Flame
After a year and a half of remote learning, we’re finally back in the classroom and we can’t wait [...]
Empowering Students Through Self-Assessment of the Writing Process
Sandy is busily writing the first draft of her personal narrative in 7th grade language arts. Ten minutes [...]
Making Virtual Class Discussions Engaging Using the TQE Method, Breakout Rooms, and Self-Assessment
Example of one group’s work in our virtual TQE discussion. A couple of years ago, I came across [...]
Lessons from Virtual Learning: How to Improve Assessment
I’m not very proud of what I’m going to write, since I can’t believe it took me so long to [...]
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