Edublog
NWP
Digital Is
The Daily Grind
Twitter
- Not Just Another Notes App: Why You Should Use Google Keep zite.to/10ld4Bl via @zite 21 hours ago
- 10 Podcasting Projects Every Teacher Should Try zite.to/12wcgru via @zite 21 hours ago
- Nine Strategies for Reaching All Learners in English Language Arts zite.to/11Z6vHN via @zite 2 days ago
Top Posts & Pages
Tag Archives: English
Teaching Students to Reflect on Their Writing
Recently I came to the conclusion middle school students need instruction on how to effectively reflect on their writing. I just got done handing back my 7th graders book reviews. My classroom is essentially paperless and they had to complete … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Education, Middle School Teaching, teaching, Writing
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, English, Middle School English, middle school writing reflections, teaching, teaching middle school English, teaching middle school writing, writing reflections
3 Comments
Mobile Devices: A Teachers Responsibility
Getting closer to the school year is dangerous for me. I tend to have thought after thought going through my head and I get all of these ideas to do things in the classroom and I never make the conscious … Continue reading
Posted in BYOD, cell phones in the Classroom, Common Core State Standards, Connected Learning, Digital Citizenship, Education, Middle School Teaching, Reading, teaching, Technology, technology in the classroom, Writing
Tagged 21st Century learners, BYOD, cell phones, cell phones in the classroom, Common Core Standards, Connected Learning, Curriculum, digital citizenship, digital tools, English, middle level education, middle school, middle school students, middle school teachers, middle school writing, Technology, technology in the classroom, writing, writing with cell phones
2 Comments
Writing Across the Curriculum with the Common Core
I don’t teach writing because I have to, I teach writing because it is a passion. It is a passion that was reignited in me after attending the Chippewa River Writing Project’s summer institute in 2010. Now, I can’t stop writing or … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged attitude towards the common core, CCSS, Chippewa River Writing Project, Common Core, English, implementation, Language Arts, liking the common core, national writing project, nwp, Social Studies and the Common Core, Teaching attitude, Thematic units, writing, Writing Across the Curriculum
2 Comments
Grammar, My How You Perplex Me
So it has been a few days since any real thoughts came across my brain concerning my teaching or my classroom. Besides being really bummed about not attending NCTE this year, I have been critically thinking about grammar and how … Continue reading
