Effective Teaching Strategies Archives

High-Impact Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary

March 1, 2021 // by Lindsay Ann

Do you struggle with strategies for teaching vocabulary in your middle school or high school classroom? Vocabulary …

January 25, 2021 // by Lindsay Ann

Okay, okay, okay, I know that teaching this year has been hard. Scratch that. I know that teaching this year has been …

January 11, 2021 // by Lindsay Ann

Having a daily google forms check in for students has been the sleeper win for my classroom this year. Who would’ve …

December 28, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Are you tired of hearing about the same old TED talks like The Danger of a Single Story? Do you find yourself searching …

December 14, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Do you wonder how to give constructive feedback on creative writing and poetry pieces created by student writers who …

November 30, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

As high school teachers, we know that it is important to teach our students to read for a critical understanding of …

November 23, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Now that I have some more free time, I have a date with some podcasts for teachers that I know and love (but don’t …

November 16, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Are you struggling with peer editing in your English classroom? I’m not gonna lie...I’ve struggled with this …

November 9, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Are you looking for a refresher on how to use backwards planning for instruction? This blog post will walk you through …

October 26, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

I remember my first workshop on differentiation in the classroom. The instructor was very zealous. There were chapters …

October 5, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

2020 has been a year for the books. In my district, we flipped to remote teaching at the high school level at the …

September 28, 2020 // by Lindsay Ann

Do you use a writer’s notebook in your English classroom? Do you find yourself wishing that you had a list of journal …