The newest clip in the TLAC library is one that’s really worth watching. It’s of Rebecca Sloots’ grade 4 class at Fernbrooke State School in Redbank Plains, Queensland, Australia. That makes it some of our very first classroom video from Australia. But more importantly it’s an outstanding example of how to build a high ratio…
High quality training for teachers is a great thing, especially when it addresses the real world challenges of the classroom in a practical and useful way. But even the best training, we should remember, hasn’t yet changed what happens in the classroom. It takes sustained focus after training to do that. And it takes something that’s…
At our recent Ratio workshop in London we shared this sample page from a student work packet. It’s designed to help structure a student discussion about a text, though it could be adapted to any content. The idea is that it asks students to write a response to a discussion question before they discuss it. Then…