Top 20 Tips for Landing a Teaching Job
…of responses, I compile the best answers to create a helpful blog post. This week’s top question is timely because many new graduates and current teachers are already actively searching…
…of responses, I compile the best answers to create a helpful blog post. This week’s top question is timely because many new graduates and current teachers are already actively searching…
…upper elementary students because it’s so easy to organize and write. The final essays make a great gift for their families on Thanksgiving Day, too! To begin the Thankful Writing…
…with others, they don’t understand the tremendous amount of work that goes into writing a great blog post. It usually takes me several days to compose a thoughtful post, complete…
…of the 4-square planner is that it’s not mode-specific. We used this planner for opinion writing, narrative writing, and inform/explain writing. We could meet and teach all components of the…
…my Teachers Pay Teacher store! Letter writing is a wonderful way to keep even the most reluctant writers writing and to hone those writing skills all year long! Mary teaches…
…are three samples: When writing your essay, smart choices would be _________. Foolish choices would be ________. Some smart choices characters make in “James and the Giant Peach,” are _______….
…like the ripple effect when a rock is thrown into water. With natural disasters, most humans feel responsible for helping. We empathize and then focus our efforts on comforting and…
…the first time you use it. Recharge & Write has two important components: a “Recharger” (pencil holder) for each team and a math problem solving worksheet for every student. Read…
…works great at Writer’s Workshop when I am having students learn about Word Choice and improving their colorful adjectives and vivid verbs – bonus!) Once students got the hang of…
…to keep content area vocabulary visible and useful to students. This anchor chart stays up throughout an entire unit on essay writing. Teachers and students can refer to it to…
…was nothing about appreciating poetry or making connections to one’s own life. The writing standards were even worse. Everything was either about narrative writing or expository writing, but there was…
How do you encourage your students to write longer, more interesting sentences? You know what will happen if you simply ask them to write longer sentences… they’ll just add more…
