Examining Discretionary Space in Our Classrooms: Read Alouds

We keep coming back to the question: How can we disrupt systems of injustice? As educators, we have unique access to disrupt systems of injustice in schools. There are systemic practices that we can disrupt at school and district...

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Diversifying the Books on Our Shelves: If you like…Then also try….

2020 has proven to be the year of reflection for us. The year’s events and overall state of the world have caused many to pause and reflect on different aspects of their personal and professional lives. For us, one...

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A Year’s Worth of Learning Intentions & Success Criteria for Number Talks

Sometimes the idea of creating and communicating meaningful learning intentions and success criteria for every part of our instructional day is overwhelming.  From the moment learners enter our classroom door, they are engaged in intentional learning experiences. Some of these...

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To Night Owl From Dogfish

My daughter is a voracious reader. I often try to keep pace with her only to be left in the dust as she finishes book after book. However, in my hunt for books with diverse characters and written by...

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Peas & Carrots: A New Twist to an Old Task

We have go-to math tasks - tasks that are open, include a visual component, and are mathematically rich with a low mathematical floor and a high mathematical ceiling (Boaler, 2016). These tasks are effective for introducing a new concept,...

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Got PL?

We are thrilled to share with you four excellent professional learning opportunities. First, our very own 2019 Math+Literacy Summer Institute: Engaging Students in the Processes of Math and Literacy will be held July 24 and 25 in Charlottesville. Register now and...

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Knowing Our Students as Readers

In order to engage students in goal setting, progress monitor those goals, and differentiate instruction, we need to know each individual student. With a class full of students and so much to do, how do we learn about students...

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Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom K-2

Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-2 is out! This book is a sequel to the megawatt bestseller Visible Learning for Mathematics by John Hattie. Kateri had the honor of writing alongside educational greats like John Hattie, Doug Fisher, and...

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Progress Monitoring Students’ Goals

Last time, we took first steps toward setting individual academic goals with students.  Now that those goals are set and action plans created, how do you keep track of all the learning?  How can you make decisions about where...

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Individual Academic Goals & Mid-Year Data

Since our October workshop on Student-Centered Assessment and Goal Setting, we’ve shared strategies for noticing and encouraging students’ naturally occurring, in-the-moment goals and for modeling goal setting and the student-centered assessment cycle explicitly through class goals. Now, it’s time...

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