Articles for Teachers
What I Wish I Had Taught my Students | For Teachers
Have you ever felt like you wanted to apologize to your past students for what you didn’t know how to do when you were a newer teacher?? I certainly do! So, in lieu of trying to find my thousands of past students to apologize, I’m going to pay it forward by giving you the information I wish I had back then.
Never Say It’s Just Good Teaching! | For Teachers & Principals
Here are just a couple of reasons as to why I think “it’s just good teaching” is the worst thing that we can say in education.
Differentiating Writing Instruction | For Teachers & Coaches
Differentiating writing instruction is a huge topic for educators these days. If you see that a student is struggling to write either to get the words on the page or get the ideas down, ask yourself this guiding question to get started troubleshooting: Is it a...
Restating the Thesis in the Conclusion | For Teachers
Confession: when I was a student, I never knew how to end my essays, so they always ended very randomly and abruptly! I don't want that to happen to your students, so let's give them some help. Here are three simple ways to restate the thesis in a conclusion...
Teach Kids to Develop a Writing Topic | For Teachers
Today’s topic is something I’m very passionate about: how to teach kids to write informational text! We’ve done a lot of research on this, which led us to realize: Whoa, we have made writing super hard for kids! If I were to ask 10 teachers what it means...
Has Close Reading Lost All Its Power? | For Teachers, Principals, District Leaders
Today, I have a bone to pick about close reading. Everywhere I look these days, it seems like virtually everyone is talking about “close reading.” And I realized that we’re calling just about everything close reading and by doing that, it’s at the point where it's...