Management… Prepping Students for Library Research 10/21/202405/10/2025 Mary Ruge, Librarian at Grand Valley State University, generously consents to share the slides used when presenting to the Freshman Comp class my daughter, Roz Roseboro, teaches. The students responded…
Assessments/Rubrics… EMPOWERING LEARNERS – Contributors 10/24/202312/07/2023 We know the value of collaboration, so despite each of our 40-plus years of teaching experience, Susan Steffel and I invited and received contributions to the content of our new…
Mentoring… You Are Real 01/15/202212/28/2021 As a new classroom teacher, you may be really afraid that your students will "find you out". That is, they'll sense that you're unsure of your subject matter, don't really…
Assessments/Rubrics… Getting Ready for Exams 11/01/202110/19/2021 The end of the semester is approaching, and preparing for exams may be part of your planning. You may or may not have the option of administering exams in person…
Diversity/Inclusion… POETRY-African American History Month Project 02/18/202102/18/2021 Celebrate Cultures February is a great time to incorporate an oral language component into your lessons and invite students to memorize and recite a poem by an African American poet. …
Materials… 4321 Journal Prompts and Essential Questions 09/08/201805/02/2020 Looking for a way to inspire students to talk and write about what they read, hear and view? A colleague, Carol S, directed my attention to this method of journaling…
Reading Critically… Activating Strategies for Reading 08/01/201605/01/2020 Reading: Activating Thinking Here is a chart Activating Strategies to get students thinking about new units, new books, or new readings. Many are interactive and though they come from a…