Dear Dr. Mooney | Erica Fain | Activity https://www.deardrmooney.com/members/mrsfain/activity/ Activity feed for Erica Fain. Tue, 26 May 2026 01:58:46 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ea0611f13d1b91b9654ea388cf3e44d5 Erica Fain started the topic Infographic in the forum General Teaching Tips https://www.deardrmooney.com/forums/topic/infographic/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:11:53 -0500 Thanks for the Phonology infographic! Very helpful info for me and my district!

]]> c7eae0c081e368a1102581f447c7de69 Erica Fain started the topic Just a thank you! in the forum Academic Language https://www.deardrmooney.com/forums/topic/just-a-thank-you/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:31:53 -0500 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 connecting the dots on the vocabulary for their ELs. Thank you for your devotion to supporting ELs and teachers of ELs!

]]> 26c58f0a4b4e5695c28a2cb11ea5807d Erica Fain commented on the post, Teaching With or Without Technology https://www.deardrmooney.com/teaching-with-or-without-technology/#comment-25 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:23:41 -0500 Thank you for sharing the idea of text-based projects!

]]> efdf529cf176f294cddbdc1816b520e3 Erica Fain replied to the topic Developing English Teaching Allies in the forum Developing English Teaching Allies https://www.deardrmooney.com/forums/topic/developing-english-teaching-allies/#post-14399 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 22:49:51 -0600 Right on, Dr. Mooney! In fact, our monthly district administrators meeting this morning shared a similar message. We heard from an OKC police officer who is trained in cultural intelligence – Lieutenant Wayland Cubit. He asked us if we could truly understand other cultures if we keep ourselves in our “silos” while those of other racial backgrounds…[Read more]

]]> f5f71987f29cecd936992bae27fe62de Erica Fain replied to the topic Strategies for Working with LTELs in the forum Long-Term English Learners (LTELs) https://www.deardrmooney.com/forums/topic/strategies-for-working-with-ltels/#post-14333 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:01:09 -0500 I will never forget hearing the term LTEL for the first time; I had to Google it while sitting in a consortium meeting of my peers. I thought I had a firm grasp of EL jargon, but LTEL was a new one to me that spring. I started reading about them which led to researching my district to find out just how many LTELs we had. What I found was pretty…[Read more]

]]> 6938b8d955752d70e6f1984989863724 Erica Fain replied to the topic The Pros and Cons of Group Work in the forum General Teaching Tips https://www.deardrmooney.com/forums/topic/the-pros-and-cons-of-group-work/#post-14118 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:41:07 -0500 Managing the conversations in all of your groups can be challenging! Here’s a simple strategy that can be employed to help keep the “Chatty Cathy” from doing all of the talking; it’s called Talking Chips:

How to implement:
1. Ask a question to elicit discussion.
2. Distribute the same number of talking chips to each member of the group.
3.…[Read more]

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