Category: DL-Coaches

Don’t Hope For It; Work For It My students have a difficult time transitioning from a self-contained classroom in primary to a departmentalized grade level

Visualizing Vocabulary in ELA This action research was chosen after analyzing the results of weekly selection tests in our 2nd grade ELA classrooms. In both

Sk…Sk….Sketch It Out- Visualize Vocabulary The Visualizing Vocabulary tool by The Thoughtful Classroom is a resource designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of

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