There are some terms in the field of education that seem synonymous, but aren’t. Two such terms: teacher vs educator. According to the Mirriam-Webster dictionary, a “teacher” is one whose…
It’s the end of the year. You’re looking back on your students’ growth over time, testing might be heavily on your mind, and exhaustion is fully in place. You know…
Worry about whether students will get to benchmark levels is always on the mind of teachers everywhere. There isn’t one single grade level, from kindergarten all the way through high…
We know that what readers bring to a text matters a lot. Louise Rosenblatt, way back in the 1930’s, told us about “reader response theory,” which basically means that the…
Vocabulary instruction is always at the top of mind for so many teachers. Vocabulary–or lack of it–has a tremendous impact on reading comprehension. Considering there are also tiers of…