Researching their dream job and prepping for an interview prompts students to reflect deeply on what they learned in a year.
Reflection too often gets shoved aside over the school year. This system will immerse it into your classroom routine so it gets the attention it deserves.
Check out these 4 simple & flexible ways to add reflection in the classroom. Read through the article to find the link to my FREE 3-2-1 Reflection template!
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Use these reflection questions as a starting point for your own students. Students should reflect before, during, and after their work.
Description: Engage your students this Thanksgiving with a hands-on, creative dodecahedron project! This resource is perfect for encouraging students to reflect on gratitude, family, and Thanksgiving traditions while creating a unique 3D dodecahedron to display in the classroom. With 12 thought-prov...
I have had a busy week of report cards due and first day of parent conferences. We finished quite a few conferences yesterday afternoon (h...
Enhance your classroom engagement with these versatile French Exit Slips, perfect for formative assessments and gauging student participation during lessons. Designed to assess comprehension and encourage reflection, these 13 variations of exit slips cater to diverse learning styles and classroom dy...
Looking for your upper elementary students to self reflect and assess themselves before parent teacher conferences? These editable student self-reflection printable conference forms encourage students to reflect upon their academic progress and behaviors. I use these forms several times throughout t...
Happy day, friends! Today was our first day back, and it was glorious. Last night I was so terribly nervous that I laid down at 10 PM and did not fall asleep until 3 AM – egad! Regardless, today was absolutely fantastic. We started with an hour delay, so I kept my homeroom for our...
End-of-year reflecting is extremely important. These 8 student reflection questions are imperative for continued growth moving forward.
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Did a student make a choice that you would like for them to reflect on in more depth? Use this sheet to help the student recognize why they made their choice, how their choice affected them and others, and what they could do in the future. There are also fields to document the incident's details, and comments from witnesses and parents.
As educators, we know how critical reflection is to the learning process. Getting students to reflect- deeply and meaningfully- is often one of the most challenging lessons we teach. I have found that both my middle school and high school students will often scoff at these reflection activities, providing the least amount of effort possible to complete the task they see as meaningless. I have been searching for and creating lessons and activities that will bring interest and engagement to this task. The following
The other night I was thinking about how much I love collaborative group work. Although teaching how to work collaboratively can be tough...
Reader's workshop has been around for a long time. In many districts, guided reading groups are a required part of the literacy block. And for good reason. Small group lessons provide differentiation and let the teacher keep close tabs on struggling students. But what about guided math workshop? Best practices in the classroom today are
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Hexagonal thinking can help you ignite quality discussion as you read your next class novel! Unsure how to get started? This strategy can yield inspiring results, so let me help you launch it with this easy-to-use, resource-packed toolkit. Inside this editable toolkit on Google Slides, you'll find:A...
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It's getting to be that time of year again. Parent-Teacher Conferences (PTCs). I have to say that I love PTCs. Working at the school that I did, it might be the only time I ever saw and actually communicated with the parents of certain students. Yes it meant long days at the school and trying to find a nice way to say "YOU WANT TO SEE PROGRESS?!? TRY WORKING WITH YOUR CHILD AT HOME!!!", but it also meant that parents and I were coming together to try and help their child become better.
