Don’t Hope For It; Work For ItMy students have a difficult time transitioning from a self-contained classroom in primary to a departmentalized grade level upon entering fourth grade. Being responsible for keeping up with assignments for multiple classes for...

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 classes, students were struggling mainly on the vocabulary portion of the test. They stated that...

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 new vocabulary words by engaging their visual and cognitive skills. I have implemented this tool...

Becoming Active Readers & Citing Evidence Using Reading for MeaningAfter surveying teachers in our district, we found the most common problem across all grade levels & content areas is that students do not support their thinking with text evidence....

Making Thinking Visible Inspiration In my science classes, I have noticed over time that students are not adept at critical thinking - that is, they seem unable to connect ideas together to reach a conclusion. They are often unable to...