TLC Newsletters 2020-21

October 2020 Newsletter Topics:

• Hybrid Model: Reflections and Resources

• Interactive bulletin boards

• Why some ideas survive and others die

• Habits of mind

November 2020 Newsletter Topics:

• Higher order questioning

• The what, why, and how of learning

• When you get nothing but crickets (increasing student participation)

December 2020 Newsletter Topics:

• 3 signature practices for social emotional learning

• How to do things that matter most

• Coding across the curriculum

• Five things to remember about good teaching in any method

January 2021 Newsletter Topics:

• Competencies for a post-COVID world

• Finding balance in today's classroom

• The role of decodable readers in phonics instruction

• Learning as curiosity, opportunity, and reflection

• Bloom's Taxonomy

February 2021 Newsletter Topics:

• February holidays to celebrate in the classroom

• New model for teaching high frequency words

• Digital differentiation

• Six ways to overcome decision fatigue

March 2021 Newsletter Topics:

• Reaching a Range of Learners

• Adolescent Literacy Strategies

• PD for the Love of Learning

• Dual Coding Theory

April 2021 Newsletter Topics:

• The Learning Scientists: Link to Podcasts, Blogs, Videos

• 4 Learning "Power Tools"

• Evaluating Ed Tech Tools

• Assessment: Shifting to a Measurement Perspective

May 2021 Newsletter Topics:

• #DearTeacher

• Transitioning from word walls to sound walls

• Doing a project vs. PBL

• How to cultivate the "Silent" art of active listening