Rafe has two books. There Are No Shortcuts and Teach Like Your Hair’s On Fire. In his books he writes about several things that have made his students successful. I have to admit that when I first started to read these books, I was put off by the idea that if you don’t devote every waking minute, [...]
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Sharing homework/class projects
Posting and responding to student writing
Sharing pictures from field trips
Communicating with parents
Literature circle type activities
Group discussions
Portfolios
Posting rubrics for assignments
Providing a forum for students to give input to rubrics
Posting a problem of the week
Providing a forum for thinking aloud about ideas for [...]
