Nancy Frey's Blog, page 11

5 Memorable Questions for Every Writer

Remember when you drew your first picture to share as a greeting to a loved one? This is often when one’s first understanding of written communication is initiated. It’s a beginning writing experience of most that, with instruction, grows into one’s conception of the five-paragraph […]

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Transforming Policies, Practices, and Structures for Multilingual Learners’ Success

With the school year well underway, many of us want to modify the language education programming we are providing multilingual learners [MLs]. One reason we want to do this is to ensure that we are following state and federal guidelines to identify MLs and determine […]

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#CorwinTalks: Strategies to Support Critical Thinking and Media Literacy

Understand the Importance of Critical Media Literacy for Students By Katie Kelly, Lester Laminack, and Vivian Vasquez  Global social media users increased from 970 million people in 2010 to 2.96 billion in 2020, according to Statista. Children are born into today’s world of increasing media […]

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How Do We Use Manipulatives When Building a Thinking Classroom?

Hi there, fellow educators! In the last two years many teachers around the world have begun to embark on the journey of building thinking classrooms (BTC) in mathematics and other subjects—inspired by the research and work of Dr. Peter Liljedahl in his book  Building Thinking […]

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Helping Students Connect Manipulatives to Paper-Pencil Math

When we’re being honest about using math manipulatives, the number one concern I hear revolves around management – students simply don’t use them as intended. They urn these tools into something playful or even dangerous. You can learn what to do about that in my […]

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Helping Student Connect Manipulatives to Paper-Pencil Math

When we’re being honest about using math manipulatives, the number one concern I hear revolves around management – students simply don’t use them as intended. They urn these tools into something playful or even dangerous. You can learn what to do about that in my […]

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Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste: Social Media and Literacy Instruction

Two recent reports sounded alarms about the health and educational well-being of our nation’s adolescents.  In late May, in a report entitled Social Media and Youth Mental Health, the Surgeon General notes that social media use by youth is “nearly universal” and argues that while […]

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In Pursuit of Equitable Learning Outcomes: A Journey Toward Collaborative Advocacy

By Ayanna D. Perry (coauthor of Answers to Your Biggest Questions about Teaching Secondary Math; coauthor of the forthcoming Answers to Your Biggest Questions about Teaching Secondary Science; pub date January 2024) I used to think that advocacy was an individual endeavor and that my […]

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Elevating Peer Learning to Foster Multilingual Learners’ Oral Language Development and Content Understanding

Picture walking into a classroom and observing a teacher is leading a whole class discussion where they ask a series of questions and several of the same students raise their hands to respond. Then, imagine walking into another classroom where the teacher is posing a […]

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#CorwinTalks: Strategies to Ensure Students Feel a Sense of Belonging at School

Skilled Teachers Create Connections and a Shared Purpose By Dustin Bindreiff After years of observing hundreds of classrooms, I came to understand that skilled teachers are like symphony conductors. With grace and mastery, these teachers lead instruction, manage transitions, and provide feedback to the class […]

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