As we turn the page on the calendar, TCI will be focusing on assessments this month on our Facebook pages, many of our tweets, and our webinars.  Alive in Five kicks off with a look at three review games you can play inside your class as you prepare your students for assessments.

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The typical 10 year old doesn’t like to take tests. When announcing a test, I could hear a collective groan from my students. It shouldn’t be that way! No need to get nervous about a test … if they are prepared for the test. Tests show us what someone already understands and what they still [...]

With a teacher subscription to TCI, teachers can build off the questions that we have created for each lesson.  Teachers have the power to narrow choices for students on an IEP, insert images for image analysis items, or even add passages from books for students to respond to.  This five minute video shows teachers the [...]

You can say it.  Review games.  We play them.  Our kids like them.  They work.  Why do we sometimes try to think of creative wording to get around the fact that we are playing games?  How about we step out of the shadow and into the bright light of openness? As you are getting ready [...]