Understanding fractions can be quite difficult for some of our kids. Number lines have always been effective tools to teach different operations like addition, subtraction, and multiplication. These trusty lines also come in handy when…
This post originally appeared on the blog Susan Jones Teaching. What is higher order thinking? When I am talking about my students and higher order thinking, I am talking about…
This post originally appeared on the blog Bright Concepts 4 Teachers. Teaching kids can be challenging. There are only so many hours in the day and the list of things…
What if every teacher had the right tools to do this job? What if we all had a hard drive full of current, relevant, rigorous lessons? What if we were treated like professionals and not expected to dig into our own (meager) paychecks to supply those tools…
Before I became a Special Ed teacher, one of the many jobs I had was working at a non-profit with young adults who had cognitive disabilities. These clients were 17-22 year olds who were transitioning into their first jobs. At the time, the vocational materials I found were written with…