It's Tuesday night, almost dinnertime. Here is a common planning process: Next Saturday a few couples are coming over for dinner. Let's listen in on the preparation: This is a simple...

Most people like choice. When is the last time you went to a restaurant and there was only one thing on the menu? That would be bad. You can, however, have too much choice. And so, too, can...

Differentiation is the 2020 call-to-action for teachers. As self-contained classes disappear and more special needs students are enrolled in gen ed classes it is incumbent upon us to learn how to...

A learning target seems so benign; it's just one sentence explaining what your lesson will be for the day. But behold, my fellow teachers, this little baby can make or break your observation rating....

Unit plans and lesson plans are distinctly different documents. There is no chicken and egg question here; a unit plan MUST come before the lesson plan. A unit plan starts life as a brain dump on a...

The Cold War encompasses 45 years of events; that's a LOT! The unit involves every corner of the globe. There are civil wars, proxy wars, lots of terminology, arms races and space races, military and...