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2 weeks ago | 
weareteachers.com | Lindsay Barrett
As teachers, we love a solution that lets us meet kids’ learning needs more effectively or efficiently no matter where they are reading. When that solution also supports kids and families at home, it’s a double win. Teachers and parents can find virtually any book in Bookshare’s collection of over 1.3 million titles.
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1 month ago | 
weareteachers.com | Lindsay Barrett
Most of us probably know the term “metacognition” as “thinking about thinking.” This definition is accurate, but there’s more to it. Using metacognitive strategies helps us be aware of our own thinking and also make decisions to help ourselves learn and perform at our best. Experts in any field are skilled in metacognition. They’re sure about what they know and what they need to practice or learn.
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2 months ago | 
weareteachers.com | Lindsay Barrett
We know AI can be a huge time-saver for teachers when used effectively and responsibly, but it also presents so many possibilities for actually reshaping our teaching. Researcher Dr. Elfrieda “Freddy” Hiebert has been exploring using digital tools to inform thinking about vocabulary instruction for decades. Today that work includes thinking about the potential roles of AI.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
leadership.ng | Lindsay Barrett
As the populace prepares to participate in one of the most contentious presidential elections ever witnessed in the United States of America the challenge confronting the system of governance, that has been preserved for over two centuries, is one of the survival of public tolerance. The development of the USA as a modern democratic state is based on the assemblage of the descendants of immigrants from several different parts of the world living together as equals.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
weareteachers.com | Lindsay Barrett
As teachers, we see firsthand how kids of all ages need to play. We understand how various types of play can be catalysts for learning, social-emotional growth, physical development, building executive functioning skills, and creativity. Jill Vialet, play advocate and founder of the national nonprofit Playworks, goes even further, saying in her recent book Why Play Works, “Play is the antidote to disconnection, isolation, fear, distrust, and despair.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
weareteachers.com | Lindsay Barrett
Learning about life cycles helps kids understand how the changes living things go through in their lives form a predictable pattern. It makes sense that plant life cycles are a key science concept across various grade levels. There are hundreds of thousands of different plant species, but the magic of the plant life cycle stays remarkably consistent.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
weareteachers.com | Lindsay Barrett
Learning about life cycles helps kids understand how the changes living things go through in their lives form a predictable pattern. It makes sense that plant life cycles are a key science concept across various grade levels. There are hundreds of thousands of different plant species, but the magic of the plant life cycle stays remarkably consistent.
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May 10, 2024 | 
southafricatoday.net | Lindsay Barrett
By Lindsay BarrettIn the colonial era Sierra Leone was widely regarded as the centre of modern education in West Africa, and provided a substantial proportion of the African membership of the civil service of the British West African colonies. The country was considered to be the sanctuary of correct administrative procedures and as such when it became independent in 1961 it was expected to be the sinecure of stable independent administration in the region.
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May 8, 2024 | 
weareteachers.com | Lindsay Barrett
As a teacher and parent, I’m constantly on the lookout for the next book series for kids that will keep—or get—them excited about reading. The Academy Series by T.Z. Layton is my go-to for 5th grade boys or any upper elementary kids who love sports. The Academy Series features Leo, a 12-year-old soccer player from Ohio. By a huge stroke of luck, he gets noticed by a scout from the English Premier League, who invites him to a summer training camp in London.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
weareteachers.com | Lindsay Barrett
Nonfiction reading is both powerful and essential for students of all ages. It’s also been historically underrepresented in elementary classrooms, according to research reviewed by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). It is clear that incorporating nonfiction reading is important, but there are so many unique components that make it difficult for students to effectively access it. How can you start this work when kids are still learning to read?
