As a new year starts, people often find themselves reflecting on the previous year. As educators, we often reflect on how we can best meet the instructional needs of our students. We examine our instruction to see what we should keep, what needs to be tweaked, and what we should never try again. The same …
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Any elementary or English teacher can tell you that English Language Arts is typically broken down into four strands: Reading, Writing, Language, and Speaking & Listening. Most educators focus the majority of their explicit instruction on the Reading, Writing, and Language strands, while embedding the Speaking & Listening strand throughout the day. Because of this, …
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This week I read an article from California Educator (Volume 24, Issue 4) about using the video app TikTok with students. It encourages using TikTok as an instructional tool for high school students as long as educators are aware of a few areas: While I agree that TikTok can be a useful app for high …
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