Has your lesson preparation become bland and boring? This week, Dr. Mooney shares a couple of new ways you can spice up your lesson preparation ideas.
Are you looking forward to the last few weeks of school, or are you dreading them because your students seem to check out once standardized testing is finished? Try project-based learning as a way to engage your students in meaningful learning (and ...
How do you begin your writing pieces? Do you just write, or do you draw diagrams or pictures to make your thoughts concrete? Dr. Mooney shares an article about how the creation of artwork before writing can strengthen ELs’ writing abilities.
Academic vocabulary is something all teachers include in their lessons. It’s an obvious need of most students, but especially English learners. Dr. Mooney suggests what might be a new way of including vocabulary in your lessons.
Listening activities can be included in your lessons regardless of the content area or grade level. Dr. Mooney provides several suggestions for how you can help your ELs develop their listening skills without even realizing their doing it!
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Infographic
Thanks for the Phonology infographic! Very helpful info for me and my district!
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Artist’s/Writer’s Workshop
The Universal Language of Pictures: A Critical Tool for Advancing Student Writing by Beth Olshansky provides a strong rationale for leading students to begin their writing projects with artwork. You can read my article about a few of her ideas, but w...
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Enjoyed learning about this alternative to frontloading vocabulary. I think there are many teachers out there who teach using a discovery method like you shared in the magnetism lesson example, but they don’t realize the importance of connectin...
