SIOP Model

If you would've asked me my thoughts about using anchor charts in the classroom a few years ago, I would've said something along the lines of them being more appropriate in a primary room--not so much 4th or 5th grade. I've come to learn that anchor charts are just as necssary in intermediate classrooms--and may even be more beneficial--than in a primary room! Anchor charts are very big in my school and the students here have learned to look for them in their classrooms over the years. My…

This isn't exactly a Foldable, but it could definitely be turned into one. Caricatures are a fun way for kids to describe what they have learned about a particular person or group of people. They could definitely be a part of any Foldable!

Bookmarks: language for classroom collaboration. Use these to help your students communicate with groups, patterns, or whole class discussion. 21st century skills.

English vocabulary is taught in schools across America, Canada, Great Britain, and all other English speaking countries. Part of those vocabulary and reading lessons includes the study of prefixes and suffixes, and how they change the meanng of words.

Remember teachers banging on desks to get students' attentions? Not anymore! Here's 15 clever call and responses to get your students' attention in a good way!

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After factoring polynomials, my Algebra 1 students finally moved onto solving equations. Again, I approached this unit in an entirely different way this year than last year. I will post more specifics about the Do/Undo Method that I taught my students later, but I did want to get pictures of these pages posted now. If you have any questions at all, send me a message or leave a comment. And, I will do my best to write up a blog post with more details. You'll notice that I love printing my…

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January focused on multiplication and division.

Strategies and read alouds for teaching students how to find and use context clues to determine word meaning.

Science Sentence Stems for ELLs-- You can have some standard sentence stems that are used for many classroom activities, as well as sentence stems for particular activities.

As I was getting school ideas tonight on Pinterest, I stumbled on THIS great website. First off, I am in love with the fact that this teacher clearly loves markers as much as I do...and her handwriting and artistic abilities is amazing. {She has other subject charts too...I just picked the math ones} It's easy to lose track of this kind of stuff when a million and two different types of technology is being thrown at you...But, I love it!! My kids do Math Journals and this would be some great…

Middle School English, Language Arts

National Teacher of the Year explores the instructional model known as gradual release. In this model, the cognitive load shifts to the learners through the lesson. Also known as structuring your lesson with an, I Do, We Do, You Do," format. Sarah shows what this model looks like in her classroom. She is leading this exploration in her district.