by mlicausi | Apr 29, 2018 | Assessment, Common Core, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Free Resources, Gifted and Talented Resources, Grading, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales
If you’re using differentiation in the classroom, how do you organize your students? The purpose of differentiation is to keep students engaged! Kids that are engaged learn more, learn faster, and feel better about them selves. When content is too easy or too hard,...
by mlicausi | Feb 26, 2018 | Common Core, goal setting, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Most Successful Teaching Strategies
The greatest benefit of posting learning objectives is to increase student engagement! Post learning standards to create a VISUAL focus that students can refer to throughout a unit. Post learning goals to give your students access to the curriculum so they can take...
by mlicausi | Mar 3, 2017 | Common Core Math, Free Resources, Gifted and Talented Resources, Math
Are you struggling to find engaging review activities for standardized math testing? As a visual-spatial thinker, I always found geometry really fun and easy to teach because I could SEE what was being described. The biggest challenge for my to my 4th and 5th grade...
by mlicausi | Feb 2, 2017 | Assessment, Differentiation, Learning Goals and Scales
Differentiation, Documentation, Affirmation = Motivation! Are you a gifted resource teacher struggling to meet the needs of all of your gifted and talented students? Do you find it difficult to make individualized lessons for students in multiple service areas and...
by mlicausi | Mar 17, 2016 | Assessment, Australian Standards ACARA, Common Core Math, Differentiation, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Math, Most Successful Teaching Strategies
Throughout the various strands or domains of Mathematics there are common threads, similar to themes in Language Arts. Equivalence: a Big Idea in Mathematics is one of the biggest and most fundamental concepts in every subtopic. Whether you’re dealing with...