Too many times we forget as teachers to use wait time and give students time to let them minds wander. Yes, I said wander. When asking higher order thinking questions, quite often there is not an exact answer of “yes” or “no” or “Professor Green in the study”. When analyzing a text, and especially aContinue reading “Small Group Instruction Tip. Let them answer in small groups.”
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Wednesday Tech Tip
If using Google Classroom, always attach a blank document for students to write their essays or classwork in for two reasons… You can see their work from your own computer and can therefore monitor, make comments for editing and revisions, and use their samples for teaching purposes by copying and pasting into a clean documentContinue reading “Wednesday Tech Tip”
Every class should be a cliffhanger. Motivating students.
Cliffhangers are the most essential element of many writers’ plots. So why not take the element and add it to the classroom. For years now my students were offered a baited hook of what was to come next leaving them sneaking off to read the next chapter or steal a glance at the next slideContinue reading “Every class should be a cliffhanger. Motivating students.”
Washington Irving on Marriage-short story, “The Wife” – Weekly Literature Quote
“…I have observed that a married man falling into misfortune is more apt to retrieve his situation in the world than a single one, partly because he is more stimulated to exertion by the necessities of the helpless and beloved beings who depend upon him for subsistence, but chiefly because his spirits are soothed andContinue reading “Washington Irving on Marriage-short story, “The Wife” – Weekly Literature Quote”
First Class of the day-Guinea Pigs. Here are a few tips to improve using technology at our fingertips.
We all know that when first teaching a lesson the group before us are the guinea pig group. They see, know, and experience all of our mistakes. If you teach in the upper grades you also know that you have the opportunity to get it right in second period and so on. By the lastContinue reading “First Class of the day-Guinea Pigs. Here are a few tips to improve using technology at our fingertips.”
Weekly Literature Quote
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” Albert Einstein There is power in quotes.
Mistakes are proof that we are trying. Try changing around classes to motivate you and your students.
Try and try again. For those who have taught in a block schedule or changing classes situation, we know that our first class of the day are the guinea pigs. They are where we first try something out. And those teachers also know that by the last class of the day we have extra timeContinue reading “Mistakes are proof that we are trying. Try changing around classes to motivate you and your students.”
A word about quotes. Why you should add a quote of the day, quote to each text, etc.
Quotes are powerful. They stick with us. By the time a student is in third grade or higher he/she has heard of presidential names, famous names associated with holidays, authors, etc. Making connections is personal no matter the text. When a student can go home and quote something they learned, he/she feels good, and parentsContinue reading “A word about quotes. Why you should add a quote of the day, quote to each text, etc.”
Welcome to ELA On The Move
Please stay awhile and look around. ELA is on the move in today’s world. The reality is we have a diversity of students to teach, but we also have a diversity of teachers who have their own preferences and teaching styles. Some prefer classics, some prefer modern. Some get elated at teaching poetry, some findContinue reading “Welcome to ELA On The Move”
ELA On The Move 