During our August professional development days, we talked as a staff about developing "high leverage" strategies that maximize our energy for optimal student learning. Archimedes, the Greek Scientist who articulated the law of the lever (see here for more information), is reported to have said, "Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth."
One of the high leverage strategies we're committed to is creating public records of student learning. Student learning, progress, and understanding should be the primary focus of the classroom, and when it is visible, in a print-rich environment, we maximize classroom time.
Here's an example of a public display of student understanding from a 9th grade Language Arts classroom:
