Show Instead of Tell
As teachers, we are typically pretty good at telling students what to do. What is overlooked, at times, is showing them what to do. In order for students to become better …
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Yes, teaching grammar can be interactive!
Secondary ELA teachers had the opportunity to attend a writing-focused professional development on October 10 with Dr. Jennifer Holling. Participants discussed the importance of students’ understanding of sentence structure through …
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Using Pre-Assessment to Increase Rigor
Article published by Ashley Lopez, Jane Long ELA Instructional Coach Melissa Myles teaches 6th grade Language Arts for the Inquire program at Jane Long Middle School. This is …
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Anchor Charts in Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop
Help your students “hold” their thinking by using anchor charts in your classroom. An anchor chart is a visual that contains content-specific processes, strategies, guidelines, etc. that are pertinent to …
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Student Choice in Reader’s/Writer’s Workshop
Middle and high school teachers across the district are turning their classrooms into Reader’s and Writer’s Workshops. Michele Boriskie from Davila MS is a #RockSolid teacher. When getting started with the …
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