Student accountability

Teachers, are you looking for easy to implement and simple ways to hold your students accountable during independent reading during in Readers Workshop? Read my free tips and strategies to hold your kids accountable for what they read during small groups, book clubs, independent reading, silent reading, and any time they pick up a book! Help kids track as they read a variety of texts all year long. Ideas are perfect for upper elementary and middle school classes. Click to read more!

Keeping students accountable for their work during center time is tough. I have a few ideas for ways to hold students accountable for the high expectations you set. Expectations are important, but may be pointless without the accountability.

Transform your classroom dynamics with self-checking activities! Dive into my latest post on HinzSpire You to uncover engaging methods that promote self-reliance, accountability, and effective learning among students.

Smart Classroom Management: How To Hold Difficult Students Accountable

Why does it pain teachers to hold students accountable? Why are some so quick to ignore misbehavior, look the other way, or make excuses for it? Accountability is important, right? So what’s the problem? I have a few ideas. Teachers are slow to hold ... Read more

hold students accountable while they independently read with these easy to implement reading tips and tricks and strategies

Expectation: teacher spends 20 blissfully uninterrupted minutes with each reading group while the other students complete their independent reading tasks to fidelity. Reality: teacher spends 18 of the 20 minutes monitoring the activities of students not in the reading group. Result: students don't get quality independent reading time in during the school day, and their comprehension skills suffer. Sound familiar? Trust me, I've been there before. However, things changed once I introduced…

The Six Minute Podcast is taking classrooms by storm! Join in on the fabulous fast fun by checking out the podcast with your students. This free response sheet can offer a bit of student accountability without sacrificing the fun of the activity!

Classroom discussions/ accountable talk

I came across a pin the other day about helping students set academic goals for themselves and I just loved the idea! Setting, working towards, and achieving goals is a powerful skill that will help students not only be successful now, but also in the future. This is learned skill they can benefit from for a

The red pen is mighty, but are you maximizing its impact? Middle school and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed what work is graded and what work isn't, and how to hold students accountable for implementing feedback. Teachers also shared their experiences with standards based grading, thoughts on students grading themselves, and tips for making grading easier. Read through the chat for ideas to implement in your own classroom.

One of our main curriculum initiatives is finding ways to deepen student understanding and interaction with knowledge through the use of journaling. While I have found journals in all the classrooms I have visited to this point, what they look like and how students are using them is as different as each teacher is in their teaching style. That is the wonderful thing about teaching, the art of teaching. I love seeing how each journal is different and how everyone has their own spin on…

Upper Elementary Snapshots: My Favorite Classroom Routine: Status of the Class

Want to know how to ensure at-home reading accountability without using reading logs for elementary students? Read this blog post to learn how I got rid of reading logs and implemented status of the class instead to instill a love of reading and support students in their daily reading habits both at

I’ve been writing here at SCM for 15 years. 748 articles. 12 books and e-guides. Above all else, this takes focus. Which, in this day and age, I have to protect like a rare orchid. Otherwise, I’ll lose the ability to shut out distraction ... Read more

This article explains what to do when a misbehaving student has all the power in the teacher-student relationship.

Ask any high school teacher, and they’ll tell you one of the most annoying rituals of the day is students coming up before and during class asking if they can run to the bathroom. Not only is it di…

Teaching our students to be accountable for their learning and behavior!

Have you ever tried student-led reading groups in your classroom? Have you ever felt like your students were not putting forth their best effort? Using