Defining your classroom and inspiring students by honoring your own voice and interests As I look around the classroom, I’m reminded of all the things I like about teaching. Photographs feature our ongoing service project, and displays highlight our unit on globalism. I’ve also created a modest space that showcases me, where I inspire myself
Connecting school and community in project-based learning It’s easy to stereotype “kids these days.” Always on their phones, always taking selfies, tethered to a virtual world but disconnected from the real one. If you don’t work with kids, or know what is happening in schools, it can be easy to think of young adolescents in
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Student choice, curiosity, and passion drive inquiry-based projects Middle schools devote attention to good beginnings such as orientation programs, building tours, and icebreakers meant to ease the transition. But what is the fitting end? Before middle schoolers pack up their lockers, cross the graduation stage, and say their goodbyes, what do we hope for in
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Creating meaningful learning experiences through language arts and mathematical connections Examining the Evidence For centuries, traditional American schooling has taken place in isolated silos of math, language arts, science, and social studies. However, once entering the workforce, students find that the increasingly global and interconnected world does not discriminate between disciplines. Artists, athletes, and authors
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Students discover how science and social forces can affect crime scene analysis We value our young adolescents. Our mission is to provide an exceptional education to students in grades 6–8 and, in particular, “build on our nation’s promise of opportunity by exemplifying the role social justice holds in shaping a community of the people, by
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Get all students to participate in class discussion by taking advantage of the fun of writing and passing notes Reader response compels readers to interact with the text and makes visible for readers and their teachers the depth of text comprehension. This is the fifth in a series on scaffolding writing-to-learn by teaching a variety
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