teaching strategies Archives

Refresh Grammar Instruction in Middle School & High School

February 8, 2025 // by Lindsay Ann

Many teachers find that their grammar instruction includes piecing together grammar lessons and resources. Grammar may …

January 2, 2025 // by Lindsay Ann

Deciding to teach Trevor Noah's Born a Crime to sophomore students several years ago was one of the BEST shifts for …

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 …

October 7, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Seems these days we are spending a lot of time and resources developing artificial intelligence, paying less attention …

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 …

August 13, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

Visit veteran teachers at your school and ask to see their binders. We all have them: cabinet-filling, …

June 11, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

You’ve probably been in the staff or department meeting when the administrator in the room announces proudly (and …

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 28, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

I don’t know about you–though I suspect you’re like me since you are reading a blog right now–but I like reading to …

May 21, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

There are always things we, as educators, look forward to every year: the first day of school, the last day of school, …

May 14, 2024 // by Lindsay Ann

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