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Thanksgiving Lesson Ideas Plus A Freebie!
I don’t know about you, BUT I am looking forward to the upcoming Thanksgiving break. I will be off one whole week! I am also excited about the lessons I will be teaching my small groups. Let me share all the details plus a freebie! Middle Grades My students in the middle grades are all over the place in terms of what they are doing in their ELA classes. Some of them are writing compare and contrast essays and others are about to start a new unit about space. I want this week to be cohesive and stress free planning. The students in the middle grades will be completing the…
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FREE ESL Curriculum Guide
There is a wide range of Language Learners. Some students may have a strong educational background in their native country. You might have some students who have interrupted schooling. There are others who might have gone to school, but only for a few years. When they arrive in your classroom ready to learn, you have a melting pot of situations. I want you to know you are not alone. I would like to share with you some effective tips I have used in my classroom. PLUS provide you with an ESL Curriculum Map for the school year. You need a plan. I cannot stress this to you enough. Before you…
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Co-teaching next year? Tips to Prepare
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. Every week I want to highlight a teacher’s win. A win can be big or small. I want you to celebrate your wins, and we want to celebrate with you! If you have a win you want to share email me at millie@myadventuresinesl.com. ESL co-teachers want to support their ELLs, but they are confused as to how to support them when they are not fully aware of what’s to come. Co-teachers may not be aware of the curriculum or the teachers they are working with for the upcoming school year.…
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Investing in Yourself with Focused Professional Development
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. Every week I want to highlight a teacher’s win. A win can be big or small. I want you to celebrate your wins, and we want to celebrate with you! If you have a win you want to share email me at millie@myadventuresinesl.com. I can remember back to my first few years of teaching, browsing through Teacher Pay Teacher and other worksheet membership websites looking for activities to solve my ever growing dilemma of what to teach my ELLs. I spent over $200 and I still did not have…
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Preparing for the New School Year in the Midst of Uncertainty
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. Every week I want to highlight a teacher’s win. A win can be big or small. I want you to celebrate your wins, and we want to celebrate with you! If you have a win you want to share email me at millie@myadventuresinesl.com. Many of us have no clue how the upcoming school year will look for us. This can leave educators with the feeling of uneasiness because they don’t know how they can prepare for the school year. I know are going to want to have a solid…
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Using Your Reflections to Prepare for the New Year
Every week I want to highlight a teacher’s win. This week I want to take a moment and say thank you to all the ESL teachers who are advocating and standing up to racism.The events that are happening against black people in this country, have made me take a deeper look into my teaching practices. I believe reflection is the key to growth as a teacher and that is what I am planning to do. Many times we rush into the new year without taking the time to reflect on how we can adjust our instruction. During my first year of teaching, my teacher mentor always encouraged me to reflect.…
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Black Lives Matter
Welcome everyone, Right now is a painful time for Black Americans in the United States. We are exhausted and many of us feel defeated. There is no in between or gray area. It is not okay to stand by and not take active steps to dismantle racism. This system elected a racist president that it causing harm to communities of color all over this country. Fighting racism is an ongoing fight. It is a fight you have to do EVERY SINGLE DAY! Here are some things you can do everyday to help: Educate yourself about what is happening. It is not the job of Black people to teach you about…
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Assessing ELLs during Distance Learning
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. Before we dive in I want to explain the difference between a formative and summative assessment. A formative assessment is part of your daily instruction. For example, teacher observations, quizzes, classwork, and exit tickets are examples of formative assessments. Your student blank stares can be a formative assessment. A summative assessment is used (typically at the end of a unit or year) to determine what the students learned and did not learn throughout the unit or year. There are some similarities in both such as both are used to assess…
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Negativity Can Impact Your Distance Learning
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. I also want to encourage you to take a moment and reflect on your thoughts and actions for the week. It’s so easy to go down a rabbit hole of everything that is going wrong right now. Students not having access to technology, being stuck at home, and the feeling like we are living in the twilight zone. With this a negative mindset can slowly start to creep in your daily actions. I understand a lot of us are frustrated, overwhelmed, and overworked due to the sudden switch to remote…
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Using Anchor Charts during Distance Learning
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. This will allow you some for growth and celebrate some of your highlights for the week. Many of our ELLs are struggling with remote learning because of the lack of technology or internet access. This pandemic is highlighting the growing problem many students in poverty are facing daily. To help combat this inequality a lot of ESL teachers are sending work packets and booklets home to provide their students with some learning during remote learning. Sending these work packets home will provide the students some exposure, however some English…
