…the learner’s brain learns a new item not because the teacher has presented, explained, or translated it. The learner’s brain learns when the item is meaningful to that learner at that moment. A new word

In a comment to the post entitled “Then God bless you” John Piazza wrote this. I wanted to repeat it here: Why does it seem that last year was the worst year for so many teachers, and

I am going to start stories a little earlier this year. I don’t know why. I’ll keep on focusing on the kids and doing the personalization and norming of the classroom and all that, of