by mlicausi | Feb 25, 2016 | Assessment, Common Core, Common Core Math, Differentiation, ELA (English Language Arts), goal setting, Grading, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Math, Most Successful Teaching Strategies, 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 18, 2016 | Assessment, Common Core, Common Core Math, Differentiation, Free Resources, goal setting, Grading, Grading, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Math, Most Successful Teaching Strategies
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, Common Core, Cooperation, Free Resources, Gifted and Talented Resources, goal setting, Learning Goals and Scales, Marzano Scales, Most Successful Teaching Strategies, 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, Common Core, Marzano Scales, Most Successful Teaching Strategies, 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 | Sep 29, 2014 | Assessment, Certificates, Common Core Math, Free Resources, Grading
Rereading Harry & Rosemary Wong’s book, “The First Days of School,” inspired me to start a Facebook discussion about student motivation and engagement. It’s one thing to effectively track student progress in a way that they can SEE,...