by mlicausi | Jan 1, 2017 | Assessment, Classroom Management, Grading
Ever start a new resolution and wonder why you can’t keep it going? I think I’ve finally figured it out! This time I am saying “No.” Every school year I have a list of things I want to do better. Every New Year I have another resolution that I...
by mlicausi | Jul 1, 2016 | Free Resources, Grading, Motivation
Thanks for joining us for the School’s Out Blog Blowout for Teachers! Today I’m linking up with several bloggers to bring you some summer fun and freebies! This blog hop loop is designed to run through 20 different blogs. Each blog post ends with an...
by mlicausi | May 23, 2016 | Assessment, Australian Standards ACARA, Common Core, Common Core Math, Differentiation, Grading, Grading, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Math, Most Successful Teaching Strategies, Professional Development
Last post I discussed the Pros and Cons of Informal Assessments. This week I am switching to the idea of using formal assessments for Marzano Scales because I found that they were so much more effective! The benefits of formal assessments are that they give you and...
by mlicausi | May 7, 2016 | Assessment, Common Core, Common Core Math, Differentiation, goal setting, Grading, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Math, Most Successful Teaching Strategies
In any classroom there are two basic ways you can pre-assess your students’ level of comprehension: informal or formal assessments. The former approach can be easier, but there are pros and cons of informal assessments. In previous posts I discussed two...
by mlicausi | Apr 5, 2016 | Common Core, Common Core Math, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Grading, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Math, Most Successful Teaching Strategies, Professional Development, Teacher Evaluations
With the explosion of Marzano framework for teacher evaluations, and Marzano Scales refocusing classroom instruction, I get a lot of questions from teachers trying to figure out how to write their own scales to meet district or state requirements. A few months ago I...
by mlicausi | Feb 25, 2016 | Assessment, Common Core, Common Core Math, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), goal setting, Grading, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Math, Most Successful Teaching Strategies, Motivation, Professional Development
Have you ever felt like as a teacher, you’re doing most of the work to learn, organize, pace, and dispense the curriculum while your students sit back passively waiting for you to tell them what to do? What if your students understood that it was their job to...
