As you are teaching, what tools do you use to determine if students are following you and understand the concepts you teach? We may check for understanding informally by scanning the room for students who seem to be engaged: eyes looking at us, following directions, quiet attentiveness etc., but how...

Robert J. Marzano has become famous for testing instructional strategies to see if they result in quantitative achievement gains.  The following is a summary of his vocabulary learning strategy and some products that may help you to implement the process.  (Be sure to do all six steps!  His research has...

  This is my new favorite teaching tool!   Write and Wipe Pockets are so flexible and give students the opportunity to practice reading and writing in English!  Check out my YouTube video with lots of ideas for how to use them!

Watch my short video blog on flexible ways to use cubes in the classroom to enhance language practice and reinforce content and language learning.   This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 at 4:27 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry...

 Watch my short video blog for ideas about how and why to use whiteboards in the classroom with your English Language Learners!       This entry was posted on Friday, April 29th, 2011 at 8:58 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry...