assessment… Choosing a Story to Tell: Examining a Lesson Close in 1st Grade 28 Aug 201928 Aug 2019 I had planned to spend my first time in Room 12 observing the classroom teacher and getting to know her students. Instead, the teacher texted me the day before to…
assessment… Students Surprise Us: Interviews with Juliet 20 Jun 201919 Jun 2019 Have you ever had a student just gloriously prove all your assumptions wrong? Things move so quickly in a school. In order to grapple with the pace of our days,…
games One of Favorite Games: The Skip Count Game 30 May 20196 Jan 2020 This game is part of my "simple but high leverage" collection of games that are flexible, engaging, and easy to prep. Others include Number Boxes and the Answer Is... I've played the…
games… One of My Favorite Games: Number Boxes 29 May 20196 Jan 2020 This game is part of my "simple but high leverage" collection of games that are flexible, engaging, and easy to prep. Others include The Answer Is... and the Skip Count Game. I…
games One of My Favorite Games: The Answer Is… 28 May 20196 Jun 2019 This game is part of my "simple but high leverage" collection of games that are flexible, engaging, and easy to prep. Others include Number Boxes and the Skip Count Game. I have…
in the classroom Daysha at the Board: Assigning Competence 2 Mar 201913 Jun 2019 "Sit down, Daysha... Daysha." Six-year-old Daysha shot me an icy glare while she leisurely pumped hand sanitizer onto her open palm. The rest of her class was all sitting on…
in the classroom Making Connections during Number Talks 28 Mar 2017 All hands shoot up in 1M, a first grade classroom. The students strain their arms, employing arched eyebrows and pursed lips to entreat me to call on them. Of course, once I…
child study… Counting to 10 in Danish: Learning from Students, Colleagues + the #MTBoS 23 Jan 201727 Nov 2018 I started this post yesterday, and then read a blog post by Kyle Pearce that filled in some of the gaps in my own thinking. Once again, I feel indebted…
