by mlicausi | Jan 6, 2016 | Classroom Management, Marzano Scales, Motivation
“I want to fly; but I don’t have wings.” – I was almost in tears when my two-year old daughter said this to me. We were sitting on the back patio watching the birds swoop over the canal in the drizzles. She has an inmate sense of adventure that...
by mlicausi | Jan 1, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Marzano Scales, Math, Motivation
If you already do some goal-setting with your students then you’re off to a great start for the New Year. In my last post I discussed an article about goal-setting it students and the importance of “past and future authoring”; which means your...
by mlicausi | Dec 20, 2015 | Assessment, Classroom Management, Free Resources, Grading, Marzano Scales, Motivation
Okay, so you just finished the quarter a few days ago and planning your January lessons is the furthest thing from your mind! I thought the same thing for a minute, then I realized that when I’m relaxed, leisurely, and I don’t have to be planning anything,...
by mlicausi | Nov 9, 2015 | Classroom Management, Cooperation, Grading, Marzano Scales, Motivation
This is the time of year that I LOVE doing projects!! It can be a nice break from the constant demands of academic thinking, but it is also hard for me to justify the classroom time unless I can connect it to some other learning. I loved the classic...
by mlicausi | Oct 19, 2015 | Grading, Marzano Scales
Is your school using the Marzano Framework, strategies, vocabulary, or iObservations for Teacher Evaluations? Are you required to use Learning Goals and Scales, but don’t know where to start? Let me share my own classroom experiences with you in this 30-page...
