Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

05.14.26 Explicit & Implicit Vocabulary: Mastering the Two-Part Approach

TLAC is excited to share our newest Plug and Plays that were authored, along with this blog post, by our colleague Alonte Johnson-James. The biggest barrier to students’ comprehension is often word knowledge or vocabulary. The biggest barrier to teachers’ abilities to support students is often understanding the best approach(es) to use in helping students to…


04.24.26 Lessons from the TLAC Math Workshop: Normalizing Error and Building Knowledge

In February, the TLAC team led its first-ever national Math-specific workshop in Houston, TX, where we joined math educators from around the country in a deep study of research-backed techniques for responding to error, building lasting knowledge through retrieval, and effective (re)teaching. Suffice it to say, it was a big success, and we learned a ton…