What Students Often Misunderstand About Writing
Students are conditioned to believe that someone beyond their family or teacher will be automatically and genuinely interested in their ideas.
Every Teacher Is A Vocabulary Teacher
Vocabulary is a matter of meaning and degrees of meaning, which means it cannot be the ‘job’ of a single content area or teacher.
4 Keys To Developing Academic Vocabulary
Direct Instruction, Modeling, Immersion, and Varied Interactions are four of the many keys to developing academic vocabulary in students.
Blackalicious Offers A Dizzying Definition Of Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a sequence of words: Sally and her seashells, Peter and his peppers.
Teaching Writing With Technology? Blogging, Blogging, Blogging
Blogging offers a fun, casual and accessible way for students to develop, hone and perfect writing skills without making it seem like work.
3 Ways To Bring Live Blogging To The Classroom
3 Ways to Bring Live Blogging To The Classroom by Heather Edick Live blogging is a blogging technique used often by journalists and others who want to capture an event moment by moment and post it to their web site. Teachers might be able to take advantage of this trend by introducing live blogging to…
A(n Insufficent) Reading List To Help Students Begin To Grapple With Race
I thought it might be useful to share a reading list that might help students begin to grapple and make sense of race relations in the US.
They Can Text & Tweet. Can They Speak?
Texting, Tweeting, Speaking: Teaching Oral Communication Skills by Erik Palmer “I just watched our seniors present their capstone projects. They were unimpressive presentations, to say the least. Frankly, I’m worried that they make our school look bad.” Those were the words of the president of a small university when he called to ask me to…
How To Cite Social Media In Scholarly Writing
Citing social media in scholary writing? For twitter: @Username. “Full text of tweet.” Twitter, Day month year posted, time posted, URL.
Celebrating Literacy With The Reading/Pleasure Cycle
The Reading-Pleasure Cycle by Judy Willis M.D., M.Ed., radteach.com and Terry Heick Using your child’s interests, strengths, and talents you can connect them to reading they enjoy as they simultaneously build their reading skills. Their increased reading skill will result in more satisfying reading experiences. In short, as literacy levels increase, so does the pleasure of reading. But this…
The Difference Between An Initialism And An Acronym
What Is The Difference Between An Initialism And An Acronym? Initialisms and an acronyms are often confused, not so much that one is mistaken for another, but rather that initialisms aren’t usually named at all. To many, every series of letters (that function as initials) are called “acronyms.” The distinction, while primarily an academic distinction,…
6 Tips & 18 Resources To Extend Learning Beyond The Classroom
by Dr. Kimberly Tyson, learningunlimitedllc.com Digital tools are cool, right? They add to our productivity in countless ways. Many are slick, and are free or low cost. Educators, technology gurus, design folks, and consultants help turn us on to the latest and greatest digital tools that make our life easier. Many support and enhance student learning….
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