Lesson Plan

Facilitates organized instruction, helps monitor student progress, and, guides the learning, process. Essential components include, learning objectives, standards, materials, instructional procedures (introduction, guided/independent practice, closure), and assessment, methods.

How to Teach Summarizing as a Reading Comprehension Strategy for Students with Disabilities and ELL Learners

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In this post, Maria Angala, NBCT, shares how she teaches students to think about their thinking using a structured metacognition strategy. She explains the shift from focusing only on finished work to helping learners plan, monitor, and reflect on their process, which supports independence and deeper understanding. By breaking tasks into concrete phases—Plan, Monitor, and Reflect—students gain tools to set goals, check their thinking in real time, and evaluate what worked. This approach helps neurodiverse and multilingual learners build executive functioning, self-awareness, and problem-solving skills they can use across content areas and beyond the classroom, preparing them for future success.

How To Use Instagram in the Classroom

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This post explores practical, creative ways teachers can integrate Instagram as a classroom tool to enhance engagement, communication, and learning. It highlights how Instagram can be used to showcase student work, document classroom activities, and connect learning experiences through images and captions. The post also discusses using hashtags for organization, fostering digital citizenship, and leveraging visual storytelling for projects like book talks, vocabulary posts, and collaborative challenges. By thoughtfully embedding classroom Instagram use into instruction, educators can meet students where they are digitally, enrich lessons, and build community while maintaining appropriate policies and privacy practices.