Topic: Not This But That

Reading across different sources to make better scientific explanations can be supported by comprehension instruction that emphasizes activating and leveraging prior knowledge, making inferences across texts, and revising one’s thinking based on the introduction of new information.

Teachers play a vital role in building students’ number sense and fluency with number combinations.

Meaningful and effective learning of number facts involves three phases. Let's consider each in turn.

Learning these facts is not about rote memorization. Seeing and using patterns, and building relationships, can free children’s cognitive resources to be used in other tasks.

You've decided to engage in culturally relevant teaching, but you're probably wondering what that will look like in your classroom. If you're like most teachers, you want some clarity. But before identifying strategies and tools, it's important to develop mindsets that allow you to do the work.

Teachers who engage in these practices understand the importance of culture to teaching, learning, growing, and developing.

As our schools become increasingly diverse, it’s worth questioning what gets in the way of teachers planning for teaching that is relevant and responsive to the students they have in their classrooms.

Today on the podcast, Cris Tovani talks about her new book No More Telling as Teaching

To Create Readers, Share Your Reading Life With Students

Using Pre-Assessment to Ease into Reading Differentiation

No More Public Displays of Achievement

The Arc of Motivation

What Does the Research Say about Lecture-Only Teaching?

How Old is Too Old to Read Aloud to Your Students?

Shifting Class Instruction Toward Differentiation

The Discourse Against Homework: Concerns and Solutions

How Teachers Promote Reading

This Twitter Chat with Janine Bempechat discusses assigning intentional homework.