I don’t know about you, but whenever someone posts a picture of a planner on Instagram, I am always ZOOMIN’ in to creep on the plans/planners. I’m just so fascinated in how other teachers plan, and apparently many of my followers feel the same about the plans that I post! I always get questions about…
Welcome to my third and final post in my series on learning stations in the secondary classroom! Thanks for staying with me! If you’re just now tuning in, you may want to check out my first post that outlines the research-based benefits of learning stations and my second post that takes you through my learning station design process, from…
Are you sold on learning stations in the secondary classroom, but just don’t know where to start? If so, you’re in the right spot! If you’re still skeptical of learning stations in the high school setting, head back to my first post, in which I outline the research-based benefits of learning stations and provide my…
If I could teach with only one instructional strategy for the rest of my life, I would choose learning stations, and I’m saying this as a high school English teacher! Stations, or learning centers, have always been popular in elementary grades, but our “big kids” in high school can benefit from them just as much, if…
“If you’re doing more work than the students, then you’re doing too much. The students should always be working harder than you.” Although I recognized the value in this adage from a former professor, I never acknowledged it as a practical piece of advice. I thought it was one of those suggestions that sounded good…
If you want to see me plan a GREAT lesson, don’t come find me on a Sunday afternoon when I’ve deliberately set aside a chunk of time for some hardcore planning. I’ll be priming my brain with coffee, staring at my blank page of plans, and sitting so close to (but not actually opening) a…
