Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

Each week, I publish a post containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.

You might also be interested in The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2014 – Part Two.

Here are this week’s picks:

8 Strategies To Help Students Ask Great Questions is from Teach Thought. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles About Asking Good Questions — Help Me Find More.

Metacognition: Nurturing Self-Awareness in the Classroom is by Marilyn Price-Mitchell. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On Metacognition.

Why Schools Are Ditching A’s, B’s, and C’s for Greens, Yellows, and Reds is from Slate. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Grading Practices.

I’m adding this tweet to The Best Rubric Sites (And A Beginning Discussion About Their Use):

A graphic that I created for a blog post – How rubrics fail. pic.twitter.com/pG1IdP1vku

— Greg Ashman (@greg_ashman) April 4, 2015

I’m adding this next tweet to The Best Resources For Applying “Fed Ex Days” To Schools:

4000 teachers have now taken my FREE course: The Complete Guide to #20time & #geniushour http://t.co/3LCDR5Mgzq pic.twitter.com/1TDVo05v2e

— AJ Juliani (@ajjuliani) April 11, 2015

I’m adding this next tweet to The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary:

Rather than a laundry list of talk prompts, use data 2 select prompts that target moving Rs 2 the next level of talk pic.twitter.com/3MN3GlF8vC

— Shana Frazin (@sfrazintcrwp) April 11, 2015