Remember to vary the ways students read. Varying different ways for students to read accomplish several objectives, as well as build self-confidence in fluency, vocabulary, and speaking aloud. Differentiated instruction can be made into routines to show students we all learn differently.
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How can I add music to my ELA classroom? Poetry in Motion with the Blues.
Teaching poems by Langston Hughes, known for his early 20th century writings about life in African American culture during the times of the period often called the Harlem Renaissance, have distinctive rhythm and rhyme that can be sang to the beat of a blues song. B.B. King music is a great start. Listen to “HowContinue reading “How can I add music to my ELA classroom? Poetry in Motion with the Blues.”
Small Groups- Struggling Students Can Read Ahead
A great tool/trick of the trade many teachers already use is to use your small reading groups to have the struggling students read ahead in the text taught in whole group. It builds confidence and self-esteem, but in the end will also gain the student fluency and vocabulary and even comprehension and in a sense,Continue reading “Small Groups- Struggling Students Can Read Ahead”
ELA On The Move 