student engagement Archives

100 Fun Getting to Know you Questions for Back to School (or anytime)

November 12, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

When it’s time for a brand new school year, you know what that means: starting fresh and learning about a whole …

October 14, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

When administrators leave their offices and conduct walk-throughs, they look for evidence of active learning. When we …

September 21, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

It's the beginning of the school year. You scan through the mental rolodex of ideas for getting to know your students …

September 10, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

I’m going to use a figurative language example here: 1000 times today my students have talked about Taylor Swift’s new …

June 4, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

It seems like so many things are getting shorter these days: our weekends, our patience, and even our readings (beyond …

May 30, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Ah, novel units and book projects are the bread and butter of English teacher life and planning. We want students to …

May 14, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Student learning, for better or worse, stems from teaching strategies we use in the classroom. That’s a …

April 23, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Ask students what some of their favorite books are (or even put a book list, nonfiction or fiction, in front of them and …

April 14, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Next time you’re in class, take a look at how many students are typing a text, sending an email, posting on social …

February 26, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Remember when we were at home in sweatpants, fingers on the keyboard and mouse, eyes locked on our screens, instructing …

February 19, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

We’ve all been there: It’s Monday morning. Students drift into the room, a fog floating behind their eyes as the …

November 14, 2023 // by Lindsay Ann

Indeed, the days-of-old are earmarked in my memory by sitting-and-getting, by memorizing-and-regurgitating. That was …