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From the general diigo website (most popular articles) This is a visual of the 27 ways to increase student achievement- a poster for classrooms, perhaps, to remind teachers how to make sure the students are "doing the doing"

Have you ever thought about how silly we teachers can be? When we get in front of students, we present ourselves to be the ones with all the answers, and then after we talk to the students, we start asking questions as if we don't know anything we just talked about.

Questions to ask students to get them to think about their thinking

There are many components to the teacher evaluation systems that are being implemented across twenty-six states. I want to take a moment to talk about one of the key components, and it's a biggie - student growth. Many educators are intimidated by the idea of showing student growth in the classroom.

Best practices for students reading below grade level

Here's a possible kid survey

Parent Guides for ELA/MA at each grade level

10 minute video that shows risk taking and brain based learning

A free downloadable chapter written for students to help them read to understand in ELA, SS, Math... References "corncob reading" vs. active, close reading with metacognition

Strategies to use to engage ELL students- diigo collection

Scale City offers middle school students and teachers short videos, online interactives, lesson plans, handouts, and assessments focused on the mathematics of scale and scaling.