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Become a Ninja
Last night, my children and I sat down to watch the new season of American Ninja Warrior. For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it is a competition…
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Balancing the Egg
Have you ever tried to balance an egg? It can be a nearly impossible task. Nearly impossible. But it can be done. The easy way to do…
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Turning Mistakes Into Gold
We have heard a great deal about growth mindset and failing forward in education circles. It is important that we establish a culture of mistakes in our classrooms. Creating…
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Getting Out Early
Have you ever truly enjoyed something that you were doing? It could have been watching TV… or a movie… or maybe attending a concert… or even reading a…
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Thoughts from #TCT16
This weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Tomorrow's Classrooms Today conference hosted by the guys at Evolving Educators. I had a chance to catch up with some…
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Behavior Instruction
You would never make a student who struggles with reading clip down or lose a ticket if they didn’t read something correctly. It doesn’t make any sense. …
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In Case of a Fog Delay
Friday night, I took my children to a baseball game. It was a beautiful night for a game. Warm. Calm. Clear. 70 degrees, with a nice, cool breeze coming…
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A Chorus of Can’t and Won’t
What are our students capable of? I would argue that we will never know unless we try. I used to work with a colleague who taught in a…
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Point at the Process
When a student is not doing his work teachers, generally speaking, say one of two things. They will say to themselves, “He’s not doing his work!” or “This…
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Questions We Should Be Asking Students
For many years, we have asked students small questions. Detail questions. Fact questions. Who? What? Where? When? We must ask big questions of students. Some of our questions…