Facilitating Learning With a Graphic Organizer Instructional Strategy
A lesson without a graphic organizer is never as effective as a lesson with one. Strong statement? Yes. True? Also yes. When we teach, we want students to understand new...
Lesson Planning Blog
At Learning-Focused we have the same vision as you do: to make sure every student has the benefit of having highly effective teachers. This starts with ensuring all teachers are trained on the foundation of an effective lesson plan framework. Check back often as we continue to update our high-impact Lesson Plan tips and resources for teachers, educators, and leaders.
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Accelerate Learning by Tackling the Word Gap with Effective Vocabulary Instruction
How many unknown vocabulary words in a text can a student skip over before comprehension is affected? Read this altered text and try to construct its meaning: The fribble has...
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Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom – A Guide for Elementary Teachers
A lot of the buzz around education today is around engagement, academics, and catching kids up. While everyone would love if a switch existed for kids to be engaged, that’s...
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Meeting the Needs of All Learners Requires a Balanced Approach to Instruction
Now more than ever we must look at the whole child in education. It is so much more than just being proficient. During this pandemic educators often hear, “Maslow before...
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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 students online. Whether you are activating your lesson, having students...
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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 others a 5K. There’s a monumental difference in children’s word...
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What is Symphonic Planning?
Using a single research-based strategy or a single exemplary practice effectively in a lesson will yield positive results for learning for most students. And depending on the strategy or practice,...
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6 Student Questioning Strategies to Increase Achievement
Are you asking the “just right” questions to increase student achievement? Are you answering your own questions, or are students interacting with the questions being asked? Are your questions well...
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9 Strategies for Checking for Student Understanding
How do you determine if the students have learned what you want them to? One important aspect of teaching is making sure the information is getting through, processed, retained and...
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Prediction Reading Strategy - Examples for Effective Comprehension
One of the tenants of Learning-Focused is that it is a process for connecting highly effective research-based learning strategies. As we progress towards the upcoming school year, there is a...
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Micro Habits: Small Changes Lead to Significant Habits
In the book, Atomic Habits, author James Clear illustrates the significance of a simple change by describing what happens when the nose of an airplane is pointed at a slightly...
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Why Learning Goals Lead the Way for Lessons
I recently heard someone compare Learning Goals to a GPS, and I thought, “Absolutely!” After all, it is the job of a GPS to help us arrive at our destination....
