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Have you heard? ELA Next Generation Learning Standards are Here!

By elena

Have you heard? ELA Next Generation Learning Standards are Here!

Change is inevitable in education. However, it often seems the changes we want are slow to come and the changes we can do without are numerous and frequent. Am I right? If you're a teacher in New York State you're probably aware of the changes being made to our learning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: ELA, fifth grade, New York State, next Generation Learning Standards, reading comprehension, rubrics, self-assessment, teaching, the left-handed teacher, writing rubric

The Great Sticky Note Challenge: Improving reading comprehension, one sticky note at a time!

By elena

The Great Sticky Note Challenge: Improving reading comprehension, one sticky note at a time!

Engaging with text is a goal of many ELA lessons. The last thing any teacher wants to hear are moans and groans when a new passage is handed out or a new reading assigned. After all, if they are turned off from the very beginning, students will unlikely engage in any meaningful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: annotating text, lesson plan, motivation, reading comprehension, ReadWorks, rubrics, sticky notes, text engagement

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