LearnZillion is a great resource to use for teachers who wish to refresh their knowledge of mathematical content as well as instructors who wish to deepen their understanding of what the content standards of the CCSS for Mathematics mean. Continue reading Learning Mathematical and Pedagogical Content (Algebra)
Research tells us that writing instruction is most effective when teachers and students consistently use rubrics as learning and assessment tools.
If you are an HSE teacher, you should be using the HSE Essay Scoring Rubrics to prepare students for those specific requirements. If you teach other levels or would like to be more creative, this online tool will allow you to create your own rubrics independently or in collaboration with your students.
This Teaching Channel video shows a 6th grade teacher demonstrating how she helps students master the skills of highlighting, annotating, and then writing a response to a prompt using evidence from the text. Notice her use of modeling, stop-and-talk, and Continue reading How Do We Teach Students to Cite Evidence in Their Writing?
For many of us, teaching math and science are relatively new endeavors. We came to adult education as generalists with no particular background in math or science, but now that there are new college and career readiness standards in adult education and a new HSE assessment in New York State, I think we’ve all realized that there is a need for us to teach some basic content in chemistry, biology, earth science and physics. I don’t know about you, but that proposition is pretty intimidating for me. Continue reading Exploring the World through Interactive Simulations
A Number Talk is a brief activity teachers can do with students to help build their computational fluency, number sense and their mathematical reasoning. They don’t need to be longer than 5-15 minutes and they can be done with students at any level.
Continue reading Mental Math to Increase Student Computational Fluency and Number Sense