Get your students excited about science and math! Are your lessons falling on unengaged ears? Maybe it's time to mix things up! John Almarode and Ann Miller provide numerous strategies and a model for developing engaging science and math lessons and units that captivate students, activate prior knowledge, and invigorate student interest by making lessons rigorous and relevant. Based on the latest brain research, this book includes: -Content-specific lessons plans and strategies for middle and secondary school teachers -Useful forms and supplements for each strategy -Examples across all areas of middle and high school math and science, including physics, algebra, and chemistry -Lesson plan templates to get you started
Five Essential Practices That Empower Students and Teachers
This book presents an instructional framework that provides readers with a systematic means to ensure that both teacher and student clarity is present.
Strategies and Lessons That Move Students Toward Deeper Learning
From Snorkelers to Scuba Divers in the Elementary Science Classroom: Strategies and Lessons That Move Students Toward Deeper Learning By John Almarode and Ann M. Miller. Through lesson plans, professional development tasks and classroom examples, From Snorkelers to Scuba Divers provides the framework for encouraging elementary students toward a lasting interest in science.
With How Feedback Works: A Playbook, learn to create a culture of feedback in your classroom with the latest research on teaching, engagement, and assessment.
Translate the science of learning into strategies for maximum learning impact in your classroom. The content, skills, and understandings students need to learn today are as diverse, complex, and multidimensional as the students in our classrooms. How can educators best create the learning experiences students need to truly learn? How Learning ......
A Playbook for Supporting and Releasing Responsibility to Students
Provide the perfect structure and support to develop student independence. Effective scaffolding leads to learner autonomy-but too many educators have been airlifting students to right answers, perpetuating a generation who don't know how to learn. Yes, we know the sweet spot for learning involves giving our students the right blend of ......
All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out. This guide provides a quick reference for developing strong and effective PLCs through the "plus": YOU. Supporting you, as a teacher, is the goal-as you build your individual and collective efficacy, hold high expectations for all students, ensure equity, and ultimately guide learning for students and for your colleagues. The collaborative work of the PLC+ should leverage teachers' individual efficacy into collective teacher efficacy. Honoring each of these beliefs requires deliberate practice and intentionality. On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher. Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched. Use the On-Your-Feet Guides When you know the "what" but need help with the "how" As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book To learn how to implement foundational practices When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren't sure how to do it yourself
