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STUDENTS READING IN CLASS DURING A NOVEL STUDY
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Why Teachers Should Be Excited About Returning to School at the Beginning of the Year
Every teacher knows the feeling. Summer starts slipping away. The back-to-school emails begin. The school supply aisles appear out of nowhere. Your teacher brain, which finally got a little rest, starts waking back up. I know, I know…it’s only June, but before you know, we’ll be back in a few… Listen ⇢
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How to Keep Teens Reading Over the Summer Without the Groans ☀️📚😅
Summer reading has a reputation problem. For a lot of students, the words “summer reading” instantly sound like a punishment wrapped in a book log. Teachers mean well, of course—we want students to keep reading, keep thinking, and avoid that beginning-of-the-year academic backslide, especially for AP and Dual enrollment classes.… Listen ⇢
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Level Up Learning: How to Use Premade Board Games & Electronic Games in Your ELA Classroom 🎲🎮📚
Now, I wasn’t too much a teacher who uses games in his classroom, until I realize they made me excited to engage in the lesson too. Using games in the classroom isn’t “fluff”—it’s strategic, memorable, and incredibly effective. Whether you’re pulling out a classic board game, using a digital favorite,… Listen ⇢
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READER RESPONSES
So we want to get our students thinking critically and intelligently. Heck! We want them to think! It would be amazing if after our insightful, in-depth, meticulously planned and executed, creatively fun and engaging lesson, students were chomping at the bit to learn more about or from our stimulating class… Listen ⇢
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Bringing Art Into the ELA Classroom: Why Teaching Art Analysis Boosts Literacy
ELA teachers are no strangers to analysis. We guide students through metaphors, tone shifts, and author’s purpose on a regular basis. But have you ever considered applying those same skills to visual texts? Incorporating art analysis into your English Language Arts classroom is a powerful way to deepen interpretation skills,… Listen ⇢
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“Becoming Reading Detectives: Strategies for Teaching Inference in Middle School”
Teaching inference to middle school students is teaching them to be detectives – to see beyond the page. This involves helping them understand how to draw conclusions based on evidence and reasoning, rather than direct information. I usually tell my kids to tell me what I cannot see. That moves… Listen ⇢
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🧠 Why I Always Reteach in January—And You Should Too
How revisiting procedures, standards, and routines after break sets the tone for a successful second semester The students come back from winter break……and so do the blank stares, forgotten procedures, and “Wait, we have to do bell work?” questions or everyone wants to hear about (and tell) about winter break… Listen ⇢
Relevance Meets Rigor in the ELA Classroom
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