Flocabulary And RTI: Strategies For Successful Vocabulary Intervention

Flocabulary and RTI: Strategies for Successful Vocabulary Intervention

While Response to Intervention (RTI) programs have been used heavily within elementary schools over the past five years, RTI is a new program in several high schools across the country. The challenge that arises in high school RTI programs is that students are reaching the final years of their school career significantly behind their peers in both math and reading. It can be difficult to engage high school students while assisting them in building the skills needed to be successful. As a student teacher, I was paired with a lead teacher who was tasked with teaching a section of AIS…

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Garland ISD Welcomes CBS This Morning & Flocabulary

Garland ISD Welcomes CBS This Morning & Flocabulary

In case you missed our Instagram Story on Monday, members of the Flocab team made a trip down to Texas to visit some amazing students at Carver Elementary School and their incredible teacher (and Flocabulary MC Educator), Melody McAllister. What's more, our friends at CBS This Morning joined us to learn more about how students are using hip-hop to making learning engaging, fun and effective!

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What The Research Shows: Social & Emotional Learning And Student Achievement

What the Research Shows: Social & Emotional Learning and Student Achievement

Breaking news: The education space is constantly shifting. (Kidding, we know you don’t need us to tell you that.) Whether it’s ed tech, policy, or financing, Flocabulary strives to keep on top of issues and trends that matter to educators. We’ve kept a close pulse on social and emotional learning (SEL) over the past few years, and what we’ve learned is teaching students skills beyond what they can derive from a textbook is key to a student’s success in school and in life. Educators must now prepare students for careers in a soft skills economy with rapidly changing technology, likely…

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