Tag: Methods
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How to Find Joy in Reading and Writing #summerPD
If I could change just one thing about the elementary education and secondary English education majors I teach, it would be this: they would all love to read and write. I believe a love of reading and writing is a prerequisite to creating a classroom where children and teenagers become avid, engaged readers and writers.…
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Go The Extra Mile: Advice from a Teacher Intern
This post is part of a series on #summerPD for pre-service teachers. Maggie Darnell recently completed her student teaching internship and will be teaching seventh-grade English (plus an awesome-sounding enrichment course in Zombie Survival!) in the fall. In this interview, Maggie reflects on her experience and shares some advice for cooperating teachers and pre-service teachers.…
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4 Reasons Why Pre-service Teachers Need Summer Professional Development #summerPD
This is the inaugural post for a series on Summer PD for Pre-service Teachers. In this weekly series, I’ll be tackling topics like: PLNs for Pre-Service Teachers Must-Reads for Pre-Service Teachers How to Prepare for Student Teaching How to Develop a Literate Life–and Why You Need One Before You Get in the Classroom I’ll interview…
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What Pre-Service Teachers Really Need to Know About Teaching Writing
One of my colleagues invited me to teach his Theory & Practice of Teaching Writing course last week. This is a required methods course for pre-service teachers. I wasn’t sure what the class had been doing or what would be most beneficial to them, so I started things off by asking them to write down their…
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4 Questions to Help New Teachers Figure Out What to Teach
Shelby, a pre-service English teacher who is preparing to student teach next semester, recently sent me an email with this question: How did you know what to do within your classroom? I know we have to make sure we hit all of the standards but how do you decide what was more important and what…
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Review: Inside the Writer’s-Reader’s Notebook
I used to keep separate notebooks for writing and reading, but last year, I decided to combine both functions into one very messy, very disorganized notebook. (I still keep a separate notebook for books I’ve read and books I want to read). I love having everything I’m thinking in one place, but if I want…
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Advanced Methods: Where Do We Go From Here?
If you’re a Buffy fan–and I hope you are!–you can read this post while playing “Where Do We Go From Here?” Because I’m thoughtful like that. “Where do we go from here?” is the theme song for the end of all of my courses for pre-service teachers. By the end of the semester, we may achieve…
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Being and Becoming
Last night, we had our final Methods class. I thought Mariah was kidding when she said one of her Methods classmates had been tapped to bring tissues to our last class. But nope. Kali brought a lovely holiday-themed box that she whipped out just in time to stem the teary tide. Nikki is outraged that I’m taking her photo while…
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What If I’m Not a Good Teacher?
Today, I’m tackling another question posed by one of my Methods students: What if I am not a good teacher? What if I fail? Yes, I know, these are technically two questions, but they are related so they count as one. (My blog. My rules.) These are serious questions I have about my future as…
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Storify: #NCTE13 Recap in Tweets
I have arranged my tweets and retweets from #NCTE13 to tell a particular story of my learning at the conference: [View the story “#NCTE13 Recap ” on Storify]
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