by mlicausi | Feb 9, 2018 | Australian Standards ACARA, Common Core Math, 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 | Mar 3, 2017 | Common Core Math, 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 | Jan 20, 2017 | Assessment, Grading, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Math, Portfolios, Teacher Evaluations
Do you get stressed out when hearing the phrases ‘progress monitoring, tracking progress, or assessment tracking’? Don’t worry, help is STILL on the way…yes, this is the second in a series of posts related to the Marzano Teacher Evaluation platform and the...
by mlicausi | Jan 7, 2017 | Assessment, ELA (English Language Arts), Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Math, Professional Development, Teacher Evaluations
Does your school district use the Marzano Framework to evaluate its teachers? Are you anxious when you log into iObservations and take a peek at what’s expected of you? If you’re feeling stressed about what seems like a very complex system, stayed tuned for the next...
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...