How can I keep track of student concept and language attainment all day long? Ongoing Assessment and Feedback to Guide Learning

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...

Marzano’s Six Step Vocabulary Teaching Process

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...

How to Use Whiteboards in the Classroom

 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...