Tips for Guiding Children through School Shutdowns
Tips for Guiding Children through School Shutdowns
April 15, 2020
By: Denise Spanswick Being creative as a teacher during a period of school shutdowns while students are still required to do schoolwork as normal, can be challenging. The urgency of putting together “at home learning” experiences can disrupt the sequencing [...]
Easter Books for Children
Easter Books for Children
April 7, 2020
By: Jovana Cupac Easter is upon us once again! Besides indulging in an enormous amount of chocolate from your egg hunts and creating hand crafted Easter hats for your (virtual) school parade, what else can we learn about [...]
Supporting Students at Home
Supporting Students at Home
March 20, 2020
By: Zora Zaric – Renaissance Australia Coach With uncertain times ahead, potential school closures and periods of isolation, now more than ever it is important to equip our students and children with the right tools to learn from home. It’s [...]
The Importance of Book Selection
The Importance of Book Selection
April 9, 2019
By: Ruth Atkinson (Renaissance UK) & Jay Wheatley (Renaissance AUS) The importance of selecting the right book, at the right level with the right interest cannot be understated when building a students enjoyment of reading to improve their literacy skills.
5 icebreaker activities for the first week of school
5 icebreaker activities for the first week of school
January 22, 2019
By: Ken Stoflet, Communications Specialist, Renaissance USA The end of summer is bittersweet, but the beginning of a new school year is exciting. Fresh notebooks, pristine bulletin boards, and new faces await. Whether you’re about to begin your first [...]
4 quick tips to build connections with students through reading
4 quick tips to build connections with students through reading
January 14, 2019
By: Christina Ostrander, Fourth-Grade Teacher, USA “The positive teacher-student relationship is thus important not so much because this is worthwhile in itself, but because it helps build the trust to make mistakes, to ask for help, to build confidence to try [...]
6 summer reads for educators
6 summer reads for educators
January 7, 2019
By: Gene Kerns, EdD, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance USA There’s nothing quite like reading a great book on a warm summer day—whether it’s in the comfort of an air-conditioned home or outside under the shade of [...]
How do you involve parents in their students’ reading practice?
How do you involve parents in their students’ reading practice?
January 7, 2019
By: Ken Stoflet, Communications Specialist, Renaissance USA How do you involve parents in their students’ reading practice? The answer might not be so simple. We asked our Renaissance Royals™ community this question and received a ton of great [...]
Interwoven: Achievement in reading, science, and maths
Interwoven: Achievement in reading, science, and maths
January 7, 2019
By: Team Renaissance USA Struggles in science? Low maths scores? Maybe your students need more reading practice. At first, “reading practice” may seem an odd answer to questions about science and maths achievement, but upon closer examination, the interwoven nature of [...]
6 more minutes: Struggling readers, reading practice, and growth
6 more minutes: Struggling readers, reading practice, and growth
January 7, 2019
By: Team Renaissance USA What are the differences between a student who starts and ends the school year as a struggling reader, and a student who starts out struggling but ends the year succeeding? A recent study comparing the two groups [...]
