by mlicausi | Apr 25, 2017 | Classroom Management, Math, Motivation
I have always loved using games in the classroom. My students have always loved them too, whether they’re the 3rd grade elementary cuties or the big 8th grade middle school kids. I would use games every day except they’re not always easy, convenient, or...
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 25, 2016 | Assessment, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), Grading, Marzano Scales, Math, Motivation, Professional Development
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...
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...
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...
