End the School Year with Strong Student Engagement
Once the end of the school year rolls around, it can feel like everyone is dragging their feet. Students and teachers can see the light at the end of tunnel and are ready for summer vacation. [...]
Harvest Wins with Reward and Recognition
As I read an assignment today from one of our teacher candidates in Lesson 3, I was reminded of the importance of reward and recognition as a feedback process in our classrooms. As teachers, we [...]
Classroom Mission Statement
One of the new additions to the TeacherReady curriculum is an activity that has teacher candidates preparing for the first days of school by creating a classroom mission statement. The activity [...]
Welcome Back to School!
Today kids in our hometown of Pensacola, Florida, in the Escambia County School District headed back to school. They were greeted with welcome back messages on school marquees, and smiley-face [...]
Moving beyond “Chronically Disengaged”
Chronically Disengaged is part of the title in a Forbes article. The author cites research that links student academic motivation with four conditions; three relate to when students: feel [...]
Incorporate Movement into your Classroom
Incorporate Movement into Your Classroom. Currently, it is believed that getting kids moving in the classroom is essential to maintaining engagement. This is also a way of reaching kids who [...]