The one thing I am sure to share with first year teachers is that there may be some English Language Learners in the classroom. I like to take some extra time to talk about this with first year teachers because no one took the extra time to speak about it with me. I literally showedContinue reading “Bridging the Gap: How to Turn Language Barriers into Learning Bridges”
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Beyond Highlighting: 3 Effective Reading Engagement Practices
Engaged reading is something I continuously practice with learners. When explaining this practice with students I often tell them to interact with the text by highlighting important details, jotting down short gist statements, and making connections along the way. While these practices are all sound, many learners still struggle to hone in on the mostContinue reading “Beyond Highlighting: 3 Effective Reading Engagement Practices”
The Secret Sauce is Data
The teacher’s goal is to help the students learn and grow. Educators do this by providing instruction that includes engaging exercises, scaffolding, differentiated activities, and more. After providing such instruction, the teacher will often give an assessment to learners. This isn’t always a formal assessment, sometimes it is an exit ticket, sometimes it is aContinue reading “The Secret Sauce is Data”
ELA: Teach It All Without Losing Your Mind
There are reading standards for literature, reading standards for informational texts, foundational skills standards, writing standards, language standards…and ELA teachers are to teach students the skills within all of these standards in a school year’s time. This can be a challenge for several reasons: These obstacles do not excuse educators from teaching it all, theContinue reading “ELA: Teach It All Without Losing Your Mind”
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