by mlicausi | Apr 1, 2022 | Assessment, Australian Standards ACARA, Differentiation, Grading, Marzano Scales, Professional Development
Do you feel like WAY too much of your classroom time is spent completing standardized assessments? What if it were possible to develop an assessment that saves classroom time instead? Seriously! Read on to see the simple two-page leveled assessments that I’ve used to...
by mlicausi | Aug 14, 2019 | Australian Standards ACARA, ELA (English Language Arts), Free Resources, Marzano Scales, Professional Development
Imagine how much you could do for your students with unlimited funds… Sound good? Did you know that you can get money to buy classroom resources on TpT? How much of your own money have you spent over the years? If you’re like most teachers, it’s probably...
by mlicausi | Feb 9, 2018 | Australian Standards ACARA, Free Resources, Gifted and Talented Resources, Math, Motivation
Students seldom get enough experience with measurement for the content to really stick. Especially American students, learning about the metric system. Research says that students’ attention and retention are highest when they are emotionally engaged. What...
by mlicausi | May 23, 2016 | Assessment, Australian Standards ACARA, Differentiation, Grading, Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, 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 | Mar 17, 2016 | Assessment, Australian Standards ACARA, Differentiation, Marzano Scales, Math
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...
by mlicausi | Feb 12, 2016 | Australian Standards ACARA, Classroom Management, Cooperation, Free Resources, Gifted and Talented Resources, Marzano Scales, Motivation
Everyday heroes are the people who do amazing things, generous things, inspiring things, in everyday situations that aren’t usually mentioned in the newspapers or history books. To motivate students with everyday heroes means to expose them to examples of people...
