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Classroom Culture

Connected circles.
Valerie Librizzi September 20, 2018

How to Give Your Students More Ownership, Voice, and Choice in Your Classroom

Including more student ownership, choice, and voice in lessons makes the classroom more student-led and personalized. ...
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People connected.
Afrika Afeni Mills September 6, 2018

Classroom Management Reconsidered

Reframing the ideas of classroom management to create a classroom culture of reciprocated trust and respect. ...
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Pencil and ruler.
Molly Nealeigh August 28, 2018

What “Mastery-Based” Can Look Like in the Classroom

By utilizing the Mastery-Based Learning System, students spend most of the time studying at their own pace on skills they identify that they need to improve....
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Shapes stacked on top of each other.
Molly Nealeigh August 21, 2018

The Building Blocks of a Mastery-Based Learning System – Part 2

The final integral pieces to creating a Mastery-Based Learning System in your classroom. ...
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Plant and book.
Kate Findley July 24, 2018

How to Use Empathy to Address Plagiarism

Read how to use social-emotional learning to address plagiarism and how to implement these strategies in the classroom. ...
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Blue ribbon.
Molly Nealeigh July 1, 2018

What Is A Mastery-Based Learning System?

Develop a mastery-based learning system in the classroom and the analyze the benefits therein. ...
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Pencil and ruler.
Julie Mason, Ashlee Marsh June 26, 2018

How Do You Get The Kids To Do The Heavy Lifting?

How is it possible for students to take ownership of their learning and to persevere and help themselves when the going gets tough? In this post, teacher Ashlee shares tips that have worked for her and her students....
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Notebook and pencil.
Cheryl Belknap June 19, 2018

Two Effective Ways To Wrap Up Your School Year

Wrap up the school year with two activities designed to assess and reflect on classroom culture....
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Notebook with written strategy.
Julie Mason May 9, 2018

Tips and Tools To Support Your Students To Take The Lead

Learn how using choice boards enables students to learn tools to be more efficient and take ownership over their own learning....
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