The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) a respected, membership-based nonprofit organization founded in 1943 defiines differentiated instruction on their website as: “an approach to teaching in which educators actively plan for students’ differences so that all students can best learn.” (2018) Differentiated instruction is an method of teaching, it is not a program,…
How You Teach Math Is As Important As Why You Teach It
I was very excited to see that this month’s topic for Really Good Stuff was math. I’ve always found math to be incredibly fascinating subject to teach, as there are so many different ways in which children can find their breakthroughs with the subject. As a 2nd grade teacher, I am always on the…