Highlights of 2022: In Case You Missed It

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Highlights of 2022: In Case You Missed It This post shares highlights of Teach Better blog posts in 2022. Categories for posts include SEL, Management, Instructional practices, Connections & Collaboration, Development & Improvement, Leadership, Self-Care, Reflection, and monthly series. SEL Carrying Heavy Things: Support Our Students by Matthew J. Bowerman The Secret of Building Resilient Kids by Pamela Hall Random Acts … Read More

Making The Abstract Concrete

Meghan PahlkeBlog, Connect Better, Differentiate Better, Engage Better, Lesson Plan Better

TL;DR: Students sometimes struggle with abstract concepts and need concrete examples. Write stories to help teach them these concepts. As educators, we strive to meet the needs of all of our students and build in as much differentiation as possible.  While our students dive deeper into the Depth of Knowledge levels and more secondary curricular content, students may need scaffolds … Read More

Leaders, Here’s How To Support Interdisciplinary Unit Planning

Lindsay LyonsBlog, Connect Better, Differentiate Better, Engage Better, Innovate Better, Lead Better, Lesson Plan Better, Manage Better

TL;DR: Interdisciplinary units deepen students’ learning experiences. Have teachers decide what they want to focus on for an interdisciplinary unit. Hold a planning meeting to talk about the unit and co-plan. Plan on meeting throughout the unit with other teachers to see how it’s going and tweak things. Allow teachers to teach what they’re excited about. Celebrate your successes! Interdisciplinary … Read More

Are You Using All of the Free Tools With Canva?

Betsy SpringerBlog, Differentiate Better, Engage Better, Innovate Better, Lesson Plan Better

TL;DR: Canva is a free tool for educators and students. It provides templates and other tools to make the classroom more exciting. Canva offers video courses for teachers and students. Are you using all of the FREE tools with Canva? I have to assume many teachers out there are using Canva regularly at this point. The Canva design suite for … Read More

Gifted Strategies Are Just Better Teaching

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TL;DR: Using strategies that support gifted students can support all students in your classroom. While at the Teach Better conference, I attended several sessions that would work well for gifted students, including using Depth of Knowledge and the Grid Method as well as finding ways for students to look at math creatively. Gifted Strategies Are Just Good Teaching These are … Read More