Helping Hand

Hopes and Dreams for Parent-Teacher Conferences published in Yardstick last week has many ideas Elementary School teachers can use to have their meetings with parents special this year.

Brenda Power from Choice Literacy devoted her recent weekly newsletter to differentiating and grouping students according to their academic abilities. Personal experience that teachers share in Flexible groups in 5th grade classroom and The Dare to Differentiate Wiki can be a useful source of materials on how to organize flexible groups in your classroom. When joining the wiki you can add your ideas to the collection.

Open educational resource collection Curriki.org shares traditional instructional materials between educators. It offers free sources and collaborative tools that users can also customize to meet their specific needs. If you are looking for critical friends, interested in digital textbooks for High School, want to know how to implement Algebra - join these and many other professional groups in this organization. You can collaborate with other teachers throughout the world and create a professional group among educators in your school, find and share lesson plans, class activities and worksheets on your subject.