Lots of teachers have benchmark data on all their students.  But lots of this data is kept in the bottom drawer.  This simple quadrant has provided TRIO with a framework

Yep!  We at Trio believe that programming SHOULD be simple and that the focus of a teacher's planning SHOULD be on what the teaching will look like in the classroom. 

  TRIO had the very great pleasure of meeting and listening to author/illustrator Tohby Riddle.  If you thought that his book The Great Escape from City Zoo looks a little

A colleague who had attended a CPL workshop recently posed a question about how to move away from rigid formula text types.  TRIO's advice is to consider a BIG PICTURE

Have you heard of a Bee-bot?  I hadn't... until Trio travelled North to Brisbane to present at the Pearson Inquisitive Minds Prep Conference.  Jenny and Mary-Ellen had a fantastic time

Teachers frequently mention that students have a limited vocabulary.  A fantastic Stage 3 team that I have the privilege of working with decided to take up this challenge.  Their ESL

In my K/Prep and Year 1 classes I always scheduled developmental play.  The most popular activity by far was 'the making box'.  For years I collected foil trays, lids, cartons,

Over the last few weeks I have had several conversations with a good friend about her 8 yr old daughter.  The first conversation was about the child's distress that the

One can never have too much fun with grammar.  Those of you who survived that Friday morning activity of 'Parse this paragraph'as a student, will understand my determination (as a