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Equivalence: a Big Idea in Mathematics
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 operations,...
Engage Students with Kid-Friendly Goals
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 learn...
How Do Quizzes Fit Into Student Assessment?
Heather F. had a good question on TpT; How do Quizzes fit into student Assessment when using scales? Assessment can seem overwhelming, especially if your school or district requires their own special brand of data tracking. In the classroom it's imperative that we...
Motivate Students with Everyday Heroes
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 in...
Australian Standards for Year 4 Number and Place Value
The Year 4 Australian Leveled Assessments with Marzano Scales based on the Australian Standards for Year 4 Number and Place Value are almost done! I really wanted them finished before your new school year started, but life of course got in the way a bit! We does out...
How to Write Specific Marzano Scales
So, how do you write a Marzano Scale that works? Continuing the theme of writing goals with your students for the new year, this third post is going to divulge my most helpful tips for how to write specific Marzano Scales. I'm going to share with you the thinking...
“I Want to Fly” is the Spirit of Education
"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 I think most children...
Marzano Scales Create the Path to Achieve Goals
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 students take time to...
Goal Setting With Students Increases Progress
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, I get my...