Category: Teaming Experience


“Captain Happy”

“Captain Happy” Patricia Busby Fifth-grade ELA teacher, Dixieland Elementary School, Polk County, FL With a great diversity of students with reading ranges from 2.8 to 12.2, academic teaming allowed all of my students to write and have powerful discussions...
Team Roles and the Manage Mat Tool

Team Roles and the Manage Mat Tool

Team Roles and the Manage Mat Tool Mary Fox Second-grade math teacher, Lovejoy Elementary School, Des Moines Public Schools, Iowa This year I have made growth with teams of four. As a team, we implemented new team roles that gave everyone a stake in their learning and...
Response Boards

Response Boards

Response Boards Elizabeth Ziegler Thacker Avenue Elementary School for International Studies, Osceola County, Florida We have seen a great deal of progress at our school due to the LSI technique tools. Our students began to realize that they could count on each other...
Language Barriers and Academic Teaming

Language Barriers and Academic Teaming

Language Barriers and Academic Teaming Breanna McDonald Kindergarten teacher, Jefferson Elementary School, Grand Island Public Schools, Nebraska I had a student join Jefferson in February from Cuba. He was a very bright student, but did not have a lot of language to...