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It's that time of year when I had to schedule my formal observation. This year, my deliberate practice involved organizing students for complex tasks. So what to do to make this a "home run"? An Escape! With the help of Nouvelle ELA's fabulous Facebook group, Escap…
Have you seen "The O List" of Oprah's Favorite Things? Well, that got me thinking about "The T List" - Teachers' Favorite Things! I have at least 4 "must-have" teacher supplies and several others on my wish list. Now I don't know if you…
If your students are like mine, they will INSIST that they studied and cannot begin to understand why their score on their test was low. The beg and plead for extra credit or to re-take the test. Student: But I NEED an A! Me: What did you do to study? Student: I looked at my n…
My Deliberate Practice Plan is focused on "Organizing for Learning" and so I have been personally pondering the concept of ability grouping. I'm not going to try to convince you whether ability grouping is bad or whether it's good - there's loads of research out th…