Announcements Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, CPS has extended the closure of schools until April 21, 2020. Please visit CPS for more details. I called…
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Announcements Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, CPS will be closed from March 17, 2020 to March 30, 2020. School will resume on March 31, 2020…
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Announcements Parents should have received progress reports last Friday. Attendance is essential to a good education. Too many students have already been absent multiple days.…
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Announcements Progress Reports go home with students on Friday, October 4, 2019. If students are absent, it is the responsibility of students to go online…
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Announcements This week, 4th graders will have Social Studies while 5th graders will have Science. Open House is Wednesday, September 25, 2019. If students are…
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Teaching Students to Self-Evaluate
I am always thinking of ways to improve my craft as a teacher. At the end of each two-week unit, I reflect on my teaching.…
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Targeting High Achievers in Middle School Math
In every classroom, there are students with varying levels of understanding regardless of the content. Teachers have a enormous task of reaching all those levels…
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Five Ways to Increase Students’ NWEA Math Scores
I believe every teacher wants to see their students grow. Students’ growth make us feel like our work is not in vain. Their growth validates…
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Don’t Start Your School Year Without …
Bloom’s Taxonomy Math Prompts Many authors write materials for teachers to use Bloom’s Taxonomy during Reading. From this, teachers create activities for students to complete…
View More Don’t Start Your School Year Without …NWEA Fusion 2015 Conference – RIT 101
I had the pleasure of attending the Fusion 2015 Conference in Chicago, IL on July 7th – 9th. The conference increased my understanding of the…
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