I think meaningful assessments can come in many shapes and sizes. However, to be thoroughly engaging and to draw the best work out of the students, assessments should be aligned with real-world skills. When I think about my own definition of a “Meaningful Assessment,” I think the test must meet certain requirements. The assessment must … Continue reading Making Assessments Meaningful for Students
Hello! I’m super excited and honored to be a guest blogger for Teacher Created Resources! My name is Staci and I am the author of a blog called “Let’s Teach Something”. I teach Kindergarten and I do lots of centers in my classroom. I do reading centers in the morning that focus mostly on our … Continue reading Let’s Talk Centers
When I first started teaching, how each day went depended a lot on how benevolent my students were feeling. It is embarrassing to admit that. It’s not as though I didn’t know a lot about classroom management; I just didn’t know how to make it work yet. The weeks went on and I learned every … Continue reading Classroom Management: The Hunt for a Toolbox
I am starting to see lots of information about the “flipped classroom.” This has grown out of the Kahn model, which was talked about at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference. Here’s a link to learn more about TED and the Flipped Classroom. It is the type of thing that I start to wonder … Continue reading The Flipped Classroom