Music teachers can teach poetry in the classroom as easily as an ELA teacher. For example, “America the Beautiful” or “The Star Spangled Banner” were poems before set to music. Take a moment to have students locate rhyme or figurative language before setting the words to the beat. Let your ELA teacher know so theyContinue reading “Music and ELA can be taught together”
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Quotes help introduce paired texts, poetry, and even math.
If you are in need of a quote that fits the theme of a paired text to introduce your unit or lesson, let me know. I will guide you to know what to use and how to find your own for the next unit.
Forward Thinking in Today’s Classroom
Is Merlin shaking my tree roots? Too many educators have the philosophy that the way they always “did it” will always work. Yes, many practices remain pertinent to the core foundation of reading, writing, mathematics and the social sciences, but there are technologies in place with each movement and generation that should be instinctually analyzedContinue reading “Forward Thinking in Today’s Classroom “
How to make anything you teach a game-Shh! It’s not a secret.
DICE! YES, even DIE! Take a worksheet you know the students need the content but hate adding another fiction/nonfiction/grammar/math/science/social studies worksheet, much less making precious copies, and add dice to it. You can get cheap dollar store dice, make your own foam as well, or order 12-sided dice, etc. Your questions are created on aContinue reading “How to make anything you teach a game-Shh! It’s not a secret.”
Distance Learning-Add some outside time for today’s students-FREE LESSONS for outside teaching
Students in today’s world of video games, cell phones, social media, and online learning need some good, old fashioned outside time. Gone are the days of riding bikes, playing Red Rover and Tag and Hide and Seek. Well, make it a task in their weekly distance learning activities. Science-Make a list of everything you seeContinue reading “Distance Learning-Add some outside time for today’s students-FREE LESSONS for outside teaching”
When in doubt…read. Reading is the number one “schooling” if you need to know where to start.
Whether homeschooling or distance learning or learning to assign digital content…if you stick with reading material then you have not just a good start but also and great foundation. With the exception of extensive mathematics, all subjects can be taught. Websites like newsela.com and commonlit.com help any teacher assign articles and stories related to theirContinue reading “When in doubt…read. Reading is the number one “schooling” if you need to know where to start.”
Distance Learning FREE Paired Text Week ELA Unit for High School online learning
Teaching online courses in high school does not have to be a re-invention of the wheel. Try using the short stories you planned to teach and use websites, videos, and tables to get higher order thinking taught flipped classroom style. Here is a lesson plan that can work for you. Tweak and scale to fitContinue reading “Distance Learning FREE Paired Text Week ELA Unit for High School online learning”
Distance Learning FREE Fables/Poetry Two Week lesson plan for online teaching with higher DOK questions for upper elementary/middle school classes
Teaching online can be time consuming if you make it so…or make it meaningful content to a DOK 2 or higher level with a paired text unit of short texts. Here is a poetry/fable unit to help you get started making online ELA two-week long units at a time. Theme: Stay the course without lettingContinue reading “Distance Learning FREE Fables/Poetry Two Week lesson plan for online teaching with higher DOK questions for upper elementary/middle school classes”
Distance Learning Paired Text Short Story/Poem Two-Week FREE Unit
Introducing a text with a poem not only enables the teacher to add an additional text to the unit or theme being taught, it also helps to make connections between texts and apply to real world situations. For example, “Hope is a thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson or “Still I Rise” by Maya AngelouContinue reading “Distance Learning Paired Text Short Story/Poem Two-Week FREE Unit”
Distance Learning Poetry lesson Week UNIT for middle or high school-Here is a FREE Poetry lesson for you to use
Use poetryfoundation.org to assign poetry or close reading analysis found on online teacher-made videos all over the web. Here is a sample lesson using Emily Dickinson’s “Hope is a thing with feathers” paired with Aesop’s Fables “The Boy and the Nettles” The The Bat and the Weasels”. Lesson Plan: Set: Introduce Week Unit with theContinue reading “Distance Learning Poetry lesson Week UNIT for middle or high school-Here is a FREE Poetry lesson for you to use”
ELA On The Move 