5 High Impact Discourse Strategies
The key to maintaining classroom discourse involves having multiple strategies to engage students in the process. The goal is to invite as many students and
Category: ELA Strategies
Strategies that Encourage Discourse
If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed. Paulo Freire Tweet Education is about the cycle of learning, revising, challenging, accepting,
Co-Creating an Equitable ELA Classroom
But, what is equity? The existence in which all people or groups are given access to the correct number and types of resources for them
Poetry and Social Justice in ELA
Poetry is many things. It is: • an art form • a creative expression of emotions and feelings • a layered form of communication •
How I turned my classroom into a crime scene
My school has student “expeditions” which are week long deep dives into a particular area of interest for students. The purpose of expeditions is to
ELA Early Finisher Task Cards
I’m done! We’ve all heard those words from students. Sometimes it means,”I’ve done as much as I am going to do alone,” but most times
Novel Studies: Peaks and Pitfalls
As a reading teacher and avid reader, my passion is sharing and spreading my love of reading to my students. Easier said than done. Prioritizing
Brown Girl Dreaming Book Review
Winner! The title captured my attention, and the story captured my heart. Readers experience the coming of age of the author, and the complexities of growing
10 Secondary Informative Writing Ideas
I’m participating in a blog hop with Mrs. McClain over at Buzzing with Mrs. McClain to share what you oughta know about informative writing. In
Time Saving Remediation in Secondary ELA
“Yay, state testing time”… said no teacher ever! In my first year in the classroom, I received a humongous packet of “resources” that was labeled
