If your students need to strengthen collaboration skills How to Apply It! 1) Teach students how to use their strengths and needs in group work to become better collaborators. 1) When students appreciate their own strengths and needs, they have a much bett... View More
If your student often loses their train of thought while speaking and might get easily embarrassed How to Apply It! 1) Losing track of one's thoughts in the middle of speaking happens to everyone, it's knowing how to recover that makes all the difference. 1... View More
If your child wants to strengthen their complex reasoning skills How to Apply It! 1) Encourage students to look for distinctions in a category of objects to develop organization and classification skills. 1) Pick a subject and then look for differences in s... View More
If your students highlight too little or too much when reading Teach It! 1)Objective: Pre-highlighted texts will offer students a model for effective highlighting practices. 2)Model and Practice: a) Highlighting promotes memory for the marked material which... View More
If you want to strengthen your child's critical thinking and problem solving skills How to Apply It! Parents can help students improve their verbal skills without it feeling like work or teaching by discussing what you watched, read or saw. Here are a few e... View More
If your student lacks general knowledge or interest in a topic or struggles with reading comprehension Instruction and Practice 1)Objective: Students will improve their non-fiction comprehension if they have context and a general understanding of the topic b... View More
If your student is reluctant to talk to you but enjoys writing How to Apply It! 1) Dialogue journals provide an opportunity for adults to model written language without directly correcting a student, all while strengthening a relationship. 1) Journals can ... View More
If your student is self-conscious about or has difficulty generating ideas for creative writing How to Apply It! 1) Take a story your students enjoy and propose a few "what if" scenarios. What if the character had turned right instead of left? What if the ... View More