Episode Summary As the summer break is nearing, it seems that time flies faster and faster. Between all of the award ceremonies, field days, final exams, and graduations, there’s no space to even breathe. In this season, the desire to put off paperwork and lesson planning for next year is sometimes irresistibly strong, and I’m…
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Episode Summary With the school year almost at the end for many of us, or even finished for some, I wanted to revisit one of the episodes I recorded a while back because I know that it will really come in handy. Either now or at the start of the new school year. Honestly, anytime.
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Episode Summary There are certain truths about being an ELL teacher: When I ask teachers: if you could have a magic wand, what would you wish for you in your teaching situation, I get so many requests for a scope and sequence for newcomers and for a newcomer curriculum. So in today’s episode, I wanted
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Episode Summary Technology has increasingly become an integral part of teaching. Honestly, I cannot imagine teaching a lesson without it. Of course, I would if I needed to and I would have to adapt. It just makes things so much faster and easier. Pulling up an image to complement the topic. Checking the correct MLA
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Episode Summary When it comes to teaching English learners, some things come naturally for EL teachers, while regular education teachers might be wondering how they can reach their multilingual students. I have several episodes about teaching all ELs, but I wanted to distill this information into even more practical and really actionable advice that all
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Episode Summary I don’t know about you, but every year around April, I feel like my energy is drained. I can no longer focus, and the feeling of inadequacy begins to creep in. It seems like we have taught as much as we could. The students have absorbed as much as they could. We all
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