A Simple Summer Reading Experiment That Just Might Work….
Dear WTWL Readers, 8 Let me lay a truth bomb on you. I didn’t write this as a blog post. I write a lot. But, […]
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All Are Welcome Here! Quick, Cultural Connections to Content Instruction for Diverse Learners
John Wolfe with Rita Platt “Culturally responsive teaching” or “culturally relevant instructional practices” are hot topics in ESL teaching. We value this and applaud the many […]
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CBM3D: Using CBMs for Quick Assessment of Progress in English Language Development
By Rita Platt & John Wolfe Today in almost every elementary school in America, teachers are required (or at least highly encouraged) to use curriculum based […]
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Goal Setting, A Simple Lesson Sequence
By Rita Platt Teaching students to set and meet goals is a skill that they will be able to use for the rest of […]
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Tap Out! A Quick & Fun Way to Formatively Assess Almost Anything!
By Rita Platt Looking for a fresh, fun way to quickly and easily assess your students’ progress? Try having them “Tap Out!” Step 1: […]
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Don’t EVER Say That Again! Our List of the Worst Buzz Words in Education
By John Wolfe and Rita Platt We HATE some of the latest buzz-words in education. Don’t get us wrong, we love teaching and learning. We […]
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Zealous Supporters and Detractors of the Common Core State Standards are Both Wrong
By John Wolfe and Rita Platt A new poll has come out that suggests the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are losing teacher support. That […]
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Is the research paper dead?
“Students today depend on paper too much. They don’t know how to write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. They can’t […]
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Who has the most power: teachers or learners?
Once, when I was doing my student teaching, I created a test for a “Business Communications” unit. Now you have to understand that this was […]
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Don’t Throw Out Your Leveled Libraries Yet! Text Complexity and Helping Students Learn to Pick “Just-Right” Books
By: Rita Platt Recently I was at a meeting for reading specialists when the concept of level-appropriate texts came up. Much to my surprise several […]
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