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Don’t Just Keep It Simple
This post is the first in a new series to address the question of teaching academic language to ELLs. This was inspired by the fact that many readers who find my blog are searching for “juicy...
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If only I’d been told…
For most of my life, I was told by parents, teachers and others that I should be a lawyer (presumably because I like to argue and defend), or a writer (presumably because I loved to write since a very...
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Blog on break
I’m in vacation and while I could use the time to reflect and write, I’m using it to spend as much time with my daughter as possible instead. See you next week.
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Approaching Learning Cultures
Soon my break will finish and I will return to school to face the first assault of standardized tests. With my return, I will be adding my second post on teaching academic language to ELLs. In the...
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"May the odds be EVER in your favor"
Reblogged from Reflections of a Second-career Math Teacher: Having just watched The Hunger Games with my two boys earlier today, Effie Trinket’s Capitol slogan, ”May the odds be EVER in your favor,”...
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Why the exaggerated pause?
I know I said I’d be posting soon about academic language and how to incorporate it into your teaching of ELLs. But you know that feel when you have just discovered something that just totally rocks...
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Another new leaf
“Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.” – A. Camus This September finds me in a new place. I will be teaching ESL at a high school for the first time. I’m very excited about it. I...
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Breaking Bad and Making Good
“Breaking Bad: Box Cutter (#4.1)” (2011) Jesse Pinkman: At least we all understand each other now. Walter White: What do you mean? Jesse Pinkman: I mean, him and us, we get it. [Makes cutting motion on...
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A humbling curriculum
I feel I have always been a very reflective and responsive teacher; if I saw something I was doing wasn’t working properly or supporting the kids enough, the next day would be different. Sometimes...
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Cooperative & In Unison
“Why did you choose this text?”, I asked the ninth grader, noticing the I Have A Dream speech in his hands. “I had always heard about MLK and wanted to read the speech,” he smiled. He gave me a copy...
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Developing Joint Intentions for Learning
When i would start planning a new Readers or Writers unit, or a new Math unit, I’d look at the materials given to me and ask myself, “what will be difficult for my students? Where will they struggle?...
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No more “problem” students
I was recently reading a post by a friend and it immediately got me wondering, “what are the actions and behaviors of students that teachers find annoying? How did I view and react to them before,...
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Blog on break
I’m in vacation and while I could use the time to reflect and write, I’m using it to spend as much time with my daughter as possible instead. :) See you next week.
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Approaching Learning Cultures
Soon my break will finish and I will return to school to face the first assault of standardized tests. With my return, I will be adding my second post on teaching academic language to ELLs. In the...
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Why the exaggerated pause?
I know I said I’d be posting soon about academic language and how to incorporate it into your teaching of ELLs. But you know that feel when you have just discovered something that just totally rocks...
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Another new leaf
“Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.” – A. Camus This September finds me in a new place. I will be teaching ESL at a high school for the first time. I’m very excited about it. I...
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Breaking Bad and Making Good
“Breaking Bad: Box Cutter (#4.1)” (2011) Jesse Pinkman: At least we all understand each other now. Walter White: What do you mean? Jesse Pinkman: I mean, him and us, we get it. [Makes cutting motion on...
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A humbling curriculum
I feel I have always been a very reflective and responsive teacher; if I saw something I was doing wasn’t working properly or supporting the kids enough, the next day would be different. Sometimes...
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Cooperative & In Unison
“Why did you choose this text?”, I asked the ninth grader, noticing the I Have A Dream speech in his hands. “I had always heard about MLK and wanted to read the speech,” he smiled. He gave me a copy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Developing Joint Intentions for Learning
When i would start planning a new Readers or Writers unit, or a new Math unit, I’d look at the materials given to me and ask myself, “what will be difficult for my students? Where will they struggle?...
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