Use this Text Complexity Tool from The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades K-2 to determine the complexity of texts and choose the best texts for your class at the right time to advance achievement.
You can post this list of essential academic words from Academic for College and Career Readiness, Grades 6-12, along with their definitions, in your classroom or give a copy to every student.
These graphic organizers from The Nonfiction NOW Lesson Bank are tools that students can use throughout a reading and writing unit to help clarify their thinking.
Use this self-survey from Experience Inquiry by Kimberly Mitchell to determine whether you are already teaching in an inquiry-based way.
Use this tool from The Novice Advantage by Jonathan Eckert to think through your PLN and how you can make it even better.eckert_the_novice_advantage_reflection_sheet.pdf
The project contract, introduced by Todd Stanley in Creating Life-Long Learners, is a handy reference for students throughout long-term projects.
This template from Balance with Blended Learning by Catlin R. Tucker will help you direct ongoing self-assessment.
This template from Balance with Blended Learning by Catlin R. Tucker gives students a form to look at goals and assess growth over time.
This free resource from Strengths-Based Teaching and Learning in Mathematics gives teachers a sample letter for informing parents of their new aproach to teaching mathematics.
This resource from Strengths-Based Teaching and Learning gives teachers a strengths-based analysis template to record the strengths and challenges of any student or group.
This resource from Productive Math Struggle gives teachers a self inventory survey to assess where they are with productive struggle.