Anchor charts have many benefits for learners of all ages. Here are three characteristics about creating effective anchor charts that will support your students in developing a strong sense of ownership in their learning.
Teaching
Developing Empathetic Thinking
Author and consultant Gravity Goldberg shares four ways you can work on developing your own empathetic thinking and also support this in students.
A is for Assessment: Considerations for linking assessment and instruction
How do we uncover the kinds and degrees of support that will be most effective for individual students? Our best shot starts with assessment that is authentic, asset-based, actionable, and anti-racist.
Engaging Hearts and Minds Through Purposeful Talk
Create conditions and supports for engaging hearts and minds in ways that build depth of meaning making, compassion, and critical process for all students, including our youngest learners.
Focus on Phonics: Five Tips for a Successful Beginning with Phonics, Spelling and Word Study Lessons
Daily systematic explicit phonics instruction is essential for students to learn how to read effectively. Consider these five pointers for organizing your time and materials from the Fountas & Pinnell Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study Systems.
Open Windows, Open Minds: Let’s Not Close the Pools Again
Every educator in the United States must be prepared to engage in their own racial healing work and face challenges without fear, for the lives of their students.