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ELL Classroom Strategies: Activating Prior Knowledge in English Language Learners
There are many challenges that face students whose native language is other than English and whose background experiences may have…
Cracking the Writing Development Code: Teaching Writing to Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade Students
Early literacy starts when students begin to scribble lines and shapes on their paper. This early form of writing is…
Behavior Management In the Classroom or Academic Instruction: What Comes First?
A popular viewpoint among educators is that discipline must come before instruction. Because student disruptions create a ripple effect across…
Literacy in Content Areas: Effective Literacy Instruction
The Common Core State Standards have established new expectations for literacy in all content areas. The expression “all teachers are…
4 Strategies for Engaging Students Online
Being an online teacher has its challenges; however, it also affords us the opportunity to rejuvenate our practice while engaging…
Teaching Vocabulary: Effective PreK Vocabulary Instruction in the Classroom
A child’s educational career is like a marathon, but many students start school only prepared to run a mile and…