Standardized Test-Taking Tips & Strategies: Part II – Test-Taking Skills

March 5, 2009 TCR Staff 1 Comment

Every student in your class needs good test-taking skills, and almost all of them will need to be taught these skills. Even fluent readers and extremely logical students will fare better on standardized tests if they are taught a few simple skills for taking tests. Test-Taking Skills The ability to follow complicated and sometimes confusing … Continue reading Standardized Test-Taking Tips & Strategies: Part II – Test-Taking Skills »

Teaching Tips

Standardized Test-Taking Tips & Strategies: Part I – Introduction

March 2, 2009 TCR Staff 1 Comment

Standardized tests have not only been the subject of intense controversy among educators, but also the cause of much teeth-gnashing among students. And it’s understandable. If individuals are unique and learning styles and ways of understanding varied, how then can a standardized test accurately measure what a student knows? There is a story of a … Continue reading Standardized Test-Taking Tips & Strategies: Part I – Introduction »

Teaching Tips

School Year Lesson Reminder Binders

February 27, 2009 TCR Staff 1 Comment

Reminder Binders Sometimes we wonder where the school year goes. Time seems to fly. Teachers start to think, “Are the children even aware of all they have learned and experienced by January, or even June for that matter?” To aid their memory, have a reminder binder to browse through throughout the year and especially at … Continue reading School Year Lesson Reminder Binders »

Behavior Management

Tips for Encouraging Good Student Behavior

February 24, 2009 TCR Staff 3 Comments

Red Pen Reversal Teachers often use a red pen to mark answers that are incorrect. Instead of using a red pen to check all wrong answers, use a red pen to check all right answers! Write “okay” on all correct answers. Leave answers that are wrong untouched. This is another silent message to students to … Continue reading Tips for Encouraging Good Student Behavior »