Becoming Active Readers & Citing Evidence Using Reading for Meaning After surveying teachers in our district, we found the most common problem across all grade

Making Thinking Visible Inspiration In my science classes, I have noticed over time that students are not adept at critical thinking – that is, they

Key to Success During the last academic term, as part of the Deeper Learning Initiative in collaboration with KVEC and the Thoughtful Classroom, I implemented

Goal Setting to Create More Student Buy-In I decided to make my project Goal setting to Create More Student Buy In. After research and surveying

Sum It Up: An Approach to Improving Reading Comprehension In collaboration with a dedicated 4th-grade reading teacher, I am embarking upon an action research project

Utilizing Interactive Note-Making My action research project sought to aid students’ ability to use relevant textual evidence to support claims and opposing claims when writing

What do you think: Reading for Meaning My project was entitled “What Do You Think: Reading for Meaning.” The reason I chose this particular tool

Using House Systems to Cultivate a Culture of Thinking and Learning Inspiration During the summer of 2023, a group of teachers from Jackson Independent visited

Speak-Up to Increase Engagement As a teacher specializing in special education, I work closely with general education classes spanning from kindergarten to fourth grade. In

Increasing student engagement with Deeper Learning tools Even though we teach very different subject areas (mathematics and health/physical education), we are experiencing the same types