Getting Started With Co-Teaching

Getting Started With Co-Teaching

Getting Started with Co-Teaching As I enter this newly revived role of Co-Teaching this year, I was reminiscing on my introduction to this model of teaching several years ago. I had started an ELD position that wasn’t developed, so I had the autonomy to tailor it to...
2019-2020 Reflection

2019-2020 Reflection

2019-2020 Reflection To preface for transparency: I was originally writing my next post about social justice and advocacy in the classroom. However, upon further reflection, there’s a lot of “noise” out there on education channels in social media. Instead of writing...
Making Emails Comprehensible

Making Emails Comprehensible

Making Emails Comprehensible for ELs Here are some tips on how to keep your emails comprehensible for our students and parents who are language learners. As we continue to *“teach” during this unprecedented time in history, we’re probably spending way more time on...
Amping Up Your Read Alouds

Amping Up Your Read Alouds

Amping Up Your Read Alouds I absolutely love to read to children. One of my favorite parts of the day is taking out a good book and reading it to my students. Since reading “The Read Aloud Handbook” by Jim Trelease, I’ve decided to incorporate more reading aloud to...
3 Tech Tools that Differentiate Classrooms

3 Tech Tools that Differentiate Classrooms

3 Tech Tools for the Differentiated Classroom Modern day classrooms usually incorporate some form of tech in their day to day. Some schools go as far as having iPads for each student in every classroom starting at the early primary years, while other schools have some...
Engagement Strategies for any Classroom

Engagement Strategies for any Classroom

Engagement Strategies for any Classroom With the first semester of school wrapped up, and I finally feel like I have a handle on all of this new curriculum. At first, it felt overwhelming trying to tackle all of these new ideas at once. There was a lot of trial and...