Starting a Rubik’s Cube Club
Are you interested in improving student engagement with your English Language Learner (EL) students? Here’s an idea that I tried at my elementary school that was both fun and ...
Learning Styles
The Benefits of Large Print Books
I thought they would be good for students with visual impairments and some of our struggling and striving readers. I had no idea how many regular education students would ...
Learning with Podcasts
Podcasts are increasingly popular: One-third of Americans say they’ve listened to one in the past month, according to Reuters Institute’s latest Digital News Report. Educators ...
Helping Kids With Dyslexia
Originally published in TEACH Magazine July/August 2018 By Adam Stone A reading clinician and English as an Additional Language teacher in Western School Division, Southwest ...
Preventing the Summer Slide
Summer vacation brings a certain amount of relief and anxiety. Everyone looks forward to the break, but the absence of classes can create the possibility that students will ...
Lost Boys
Boys seem to be falling behind girls in our society, especially in education. For several years now, there have been discussions and articles about how boys seem to struggle ...
The Attraction of Unicycles: A Lesson for Learning Complex Skills
A kid is approaching the school perched atop a single wheel. He moves in short sporadic bursts coinciding with each pedal stroke. He seems to defy gravity as it is hard to ...
Implementing 4 Types of Memory in your Classroom
Triggering different types of memory to improve students long-term storage.
Prevent “Learning Loss” during Summer Break
The ‘summer slide' is the information and skills children forget during summer break from the end of one school year to the beginning of the next school year
Improve Learning with Colour
A survey of more than 1,000 students say colour helps them learn