I was honored that Andrea Honigsfeld saw a file I shared on Twitter and asked me to contribute to her book, Growing Language & Literacy Strategies for English Learners K-8. I am sharing the Read Aloud Template below. How to … Continued
School districts across the country have been tasked to tweak their models of instruction to best serve students during the pandemic. I’m lucky to work with school districts who are passionate about reaching their students, regardless of the situation. That … Continued
Do your students know what they are supposed to be learning?
How can I get to know my students in a remote environment? More importantly, how will my students get to know each other so the sense of community can still be present in our virtual classroom? I will outline a … Continued
Twitter. I was never going to “do” Twitter. Twitter was for people who had way too much time on their hands and were only interested in pop culture. I had made derogatory comments towards hashtags by calling them “pound signs”—showing … Continued
“Vocabulary Circuit” Activity (this link allows you to make a copy of this activity for you to edit) “Vocabulary” because teacher chooses 10 vocabulary words or concepts he/she wants to students to review. “Circuit” because all the students follow a … Continued
I am proud to share that Daisy Hernandez, my former college student and current READ customer, was chosen as Teacher of the Year at her school in San Antonio, TX! Daisy has been a dual language kindergarten teacher at Jackson-Keller … Continued
GLAD Model. Have you heard of it? Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) is a K-12 instructional model consisting of 35 well-articulated strategies. Any teacher I talk to who is GLAD certified speaks wonders of how prepared they feel to … Continued
