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article | For Middle Level

Active Process Engages Learners

Student plan and reflect their way to success

Slow down lessons to give students time to plan before working and reflect afterward to fully engage them in learning.

product | For Elementary • K-3

Amazing Grace

For use with creating Hopes and Dreams and goal setting: Grace overcomes obstacles through her determination.

Amazing Grace book cover
article | For Middle Level

An Idealist's Practical Steps to Achieve Goals

CPR and Social Contract provide foundation and guidelines

This article first appeared in Developmental Designs: A Middle-Level Newsletter, Fall 2010

product | For Elementary • Preschool-Grade 3

Appelemando's Dreams

For use with creating Hopes and Dreams and goal setting: Applemando's dreams become known to the villagers and they come to discover the importance of having dreams and goals.

Appelemando's Dreams book cover
article | For Middle Level

Art-making Themes for Staff Goal Setting

This article first appeared in Developmental Designs: A Middle-Level Newsletter, Fall 2010

article | For Middle Level

At War with Things that Are in Their Best Interests

Assessing Students' Experience with CPR

This article first appeared in Developmental Designs: A Middle-Level Newsletter, Spring 2011

article | For Elementary

Book Clubs Expand Choices for Literacy in a Responsive Classroom

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Elementary Educators, Winter 2009

product | For Elementary • K-5

Brave Irene

For use with creating Hopes and Dreams and goal setting: Irene's goal is to deliver the dress her mother made to the duchess and despite many obstacles she is able to accomplish her goal.

Brave Irene book cover
article | For Elementary

Choice-filled Learning Engages, Motivates, Inspires High Expectations

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Educators, Fall 2007

article | For Middle Level

Coaches' Corner: Goals in a Jar

Weekly goals invigorate learning and build skills for goal fulfillment

Students develop a better understanding of how to set meaningful, short-term goals and how to take action to achieve those targets.

 

DD Newsletter Winter 2012: Coaches' Corner

Elementary

product | For Elementary • K-3

Amazing Grace

For use with creating Hopes and Dreams and goal setting: Grace overcomes obstacles through her determination.

Amazing Grace book cover
product | For Elementary • Preschool-Grade 3

Appelemando's Dreams

For use with creating Hopes and Dreams and goal setting: Applemando's dreams become known to the villagers and they come to discover the importance of having dreams and goals.

Appelemando's Dreams book cover
article | For Elementary

Book Clubs Expand Choices for Literacy in a Responsive Classroom

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Elementary Educators, Winter 2009

product | For Elementary • K-5

Brave Irene

For use with creating Hopes and Dreams and goal setting: Irene's goal is to deliver the dress her mother made to the duchess and despite many obstacles she is able to accomplish her goal.

Brave Irene book cover
article | For Elementary

Choice-filled Learning Engages, Motivates, Inspires High Expectations

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Educators, Fall 2007

article | For Elementary

Collaborative Solutions to School-wide Problems

Creating, teaching, and maintaining expectations in the cafeteria and hallways

Teachers work together to establish healthy, consistent routines for students in the cafeteria and hallways. 

article | For Middle Level & Elementary

Creating Staff Hopes and Dreams

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Elementary Educators, Fall 2010

product | For Elementary • K-5

Doing Math in Morning Meeting

150 Quick Activities that Connect to Your Curriculum

Doing Math in Morning Meeting book covers
activity | For Middle Level & Elementary

Essential Questions

Engaged learning strategy: students use a series of questions written on cards to explore curriculum topics

activity | For Middle Level & Elementary

Fact or Fiction

Engaged learning strategy: students attempt to distinguish between facts and fictions about a specific curriculum topic

Middle Level

article | For Middle Level

Active Process Engages Learners

Student plan and reflect their way to success

Slow down lessons to give students time to plan before working and reflect afterward to fully engage them in learning.

article | For Middle Level

An Idealist's Practical Steps to Achieve Goals

CPR and Social Contract provide foundation and guidelines

This article first appeared in Developmental Designs: A Middle-Level Newsletter, Fall 2010

article | For Middle Level

Art-making Themes for Staff Goal Setting

This article first appeared in Developmental Designs: A Middle-Level Newsletter, Fall 2010

article | For Middle Level

At War with Things that Are in Their Best Interests

Assessing Students' Experience with CPR

This article first appeared in Developmental Designs: A Middle-Level Newsletter, Spring 2011

article | For Middle Level

Coaches' Corner: Goals in a Jar

Weekly goals invigorate learning and build skills for goal fulfillment

Students develop a better understanding of how to set meaningful, short-term goals and how to take action to achieve those targets.

 

DD Newsletter Winter 2012: Coaches' Corner
article | For Middle Level

Coaches' Corner: Keeping the Social Contract Alive

Weave the ideals of your Social Contract through all-school meetings, student reflections, and community-building meetings.

 

article | For Middle Level

Coaches' Corner: Score Your Advisories

Up student buy-in by having them rate their advisory meetings

How effective is your advisory? You'll see when you let students rate and assess their meetings!  

Lively greetings, activities, and sharings make for successful advisories.
article | For Middle Level

Coaches' Corner: Skillful Use of Visual Reminders

Y-charts catch students' attention and remind them of how a routine should look, sound, and feel. Can too many charts cause their heads to swim?

 

article | For Middle Level

Creating Declarations

A blueprint for making meaningful student goals this fall

This article first appeared in the Origins' publication Developmental Designs: A Middle School Newsletter, Fall 2008

article | For Middle Level & Elementary

Creating Staff Hopes and Dreams

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Elementary Educators, Fall 2010