When you ask questions in class, do you already have an answer in mind? I loved the phrase in chapter 2 of “guess what's in the teacher’s head”, it made me chuckle out loud. As someone who has observed many lessons in a variety of subjects, it is easy to spot a teacher that has a preconceived ...
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Do you ever ask your students to reflect on their learning? If someone was to ask your students, “how do you learn?” would they really know how they learn best? A few years ago, I worked at a charter school where student reflection was part of the school culture. Students understood how to assess ...
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Right from page one, the authors of Making Thinking Visible challenge what we know about thinking in our classrooms. When posed with the question, “What kinds of thinking do you value and promote in your classroom?” I admit I was a bit stumped. I immediately thought of questioning. The idea to ...
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Prisoner B-3087 – Teen Review
Student review of Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
Yanek is just an ordinary 12 year old boy who enjoys reading and Western films, but his life was about to change. Yanek is a Jew and he is about to face his worst nightmare. The Nazis are coming and taking Jews to concentration camps or placing in ...
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I was introduced to this series during a reading conference with one of my 8th graders about 3 years ago. As she described Cinder, I was fascinated by this fairy tale retelling turned science fiction. Marissa Meyer did an excellent job of bringing fresh life to Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, ...
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