Doug Lemov's field notes

Over the past year we’ve been learning from 40 schools in Walsall and Sandwell England. These schools, located outside of Birmingham in areas of unusually high economic deprivation, were chosen to participate in a Priority Education Improvement Areas (PEIA) grant to increase self-regulation and meta-cognition (and therefore academic and social outcomes) in students.    Windsor Academy... The post Student Achievement Through Staff Culture: An Interview with Max Wakeman appeared first on Teach Like a Champion.

  Recently, I shared an overview of the topics in the forthcoming book on reading I’m writing with Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway: seven key principles of reading instruction that should inform what we do in k-12 classrooms. (Note we’ll be discussing these principles at our Nashville workshop Dec. 5  & 6) Today, I’m going to... The post The Science of Reading: It’s About Knowledge not “Transferable Skills” appeared first on Teach Like a Champion.

Bringing the Book Back to Life It’s exciting times at TLAC Towers in terms of reading. Colleen Driggs, Erica Woolway and I are finishing the manuscript of a new book about translating the science of reading into classrooms. We’re really excited about it and will be sharing some of our new insights at our Reading Reconsidered... The post What the Science of Reading Says “Post-Phonics” & Meeting Up in Nashville appeared first on Teach Like a Champion.

   TLAC Online is Teach Like a Champion’s platform for teachers to learn and practice our techniques. This summer we nearly doubled the Engaging Academics content! We added five five new modules to help increase student engagement in your classroom. Ratio: Improve the level of student engagement and thinking in your classroom with this reflection activity.... The post Announcing Amazing New Modules at TLAC Online appeared first on Teach Like a Champion.

The beginning of the year is the time to be installing strong procedures and routines in the classroom. It’s one of the most important things you can do to set yourself up for a productive and positive year of learning. When there’s a right way to do a task and it’s familiar to the point of... The post Step One for a Productive and Positive Classroom: Strong Procedures and Routines for Participation appeared first on Teach Like a Champion.