Vocabulary and Spelling Made Fun
So, how about a homework assignment that requires students to create a word collage of sorts. Would that encourage practice?
The Body of the Essay: A Visual Demonstration
The Body of an essay…I use the human body as an analogy to explain the parts of an essay. This blog entry shows you how!
Your Own Wiki Pages
Imagine your students being able to log on and participate in the creation and editing of their own webpages. Imagine using this to reinforce English learning.
Improving Student Learning One Teacher At A Time
Apologies for my absence, I like to update weekly but I've been so busy. The fortunate side of this is I now have loads to share! Specifically, I have this book that was recommended to me by a teacher at a recent seminar. “THE BIG FOUR” Jane E. Pollock's "Improving Student Learning: One Teacher at a [...]
Calming your Class
Linda Schlyer, the Title 1 Math Specialist at Castle Rock Middle School says she uses wind chimes in her classroom to calm students. Here are some other options for calming a classroom from the the Thinking Classroom out of the U.K. What do you use? If you have some calming tips, please add them! [...]