by mlicausi | Nov 21, 2017 | Assessment, ELA (English Language Arts), Free Resources, Grading, Marzano Scales, Parent Communication
Have you ever felt like the grades you were giving students were not carrying the messages you wanted to send? I used to feel like I knew my students pretty well. After all, I spent 7 hours a day observing and interacting with them. When it came time for assessments,...
by mlicausi | Aug 10, 2017 | Assessment, Differentiation, Free Resources, Grading, Marzano Scales, Math
Struggling to track student progress to show growth? Questions like how do you document a student’s knowledge before and after learning to track proficiency? Where do you start and how do you make sure their getting instruction at their own level? Leveled...
by mlicausi | Mar 3, 2017 | 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 | 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 | Feb 18, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, Free Resources, Grading, Grading, Marzano Scales, Math
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...
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...
