Author Archives: Lynn Fuller

I was listening in on a “Strategy Academy” a few weeks ago at Elliott. The topic of discussion for the session was fluency. One of the concepts that came up was that of Prosody. One of the definitions for prosody … Continue reading →

“There isn’t a school on earth that can educate anybody. All a school can do is provide an atmosphere which will stimulate the mind to work and the heart to believe and the will to act.” –Noel Smith

This is a warning. Today, I abandon the tips and tricks and sharing of ideas and take a sharp turn into just plain meddling! I’ve spent some time recently scouring youtube looking for great videos to use as thinking prompts. … Continue reading →

It is no secret that I am obsessed with transition time right now. So it will come as no surprise that as I watched football this past weekend, in a corner of my mind I was still working on strategies … Continue reading →

      Here are a some apps that you should have on your iPad: iBooks – download and read books, articles and reports on your iPad. This will reduce the need to print copies of materials you will need … Continue reading →

Ratio of interactions Ratio of interactions are the positive or reinforcing statements we make compared to the negative or corrective statements. Last year in January when we had our first observation, our ratio was turned upside down. We had 1:3. … Continue reading →

We need to have a common understanding of what a transition is. In the last post, an out of classroom transition was defined by the time the transition is supposed to start (the time you are scheduled to stop the … Continue reading →

We’re working hard to decrease the amount of time we spend in transition. In January, 2011 and again in May, 2011, data from the observation report that was gathered by our consultants with the Instructional Coaching Group indicated that 22% … Continue reading →

What we do NOW impacts how our students will perform LATER. I’ll start this with a personal example – with a 4th grade personal narrative style intro… Have you ever attended a Catholic service? I have. If you’re Catholic, you … Continue reading →