Checklists and Processes
- Checklists and Processes, Curriculum, Lesson Ideas, Planning Strategies, Reflections, Teaching Strategies
EP 133 Lesson Ideas for Testing Week
Welcome educators! Before we get started I want to share with you the amazing resources I have available. To learn more and download some engaging resources go to myadventuresinesl.com/store. You are an effective and hard-working educator. The work that you are doing for your students is appreciated. Thank you for your dedication and the time you put in to ensure your students succeed. In this week’s episode, I will share lesson ideas that you can use during those days and weeks that you are testing. Build a vocabulary book. In the vocabulary book, students can build a story around key vocabulary they have learned for the year. Students can add…
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EP 120 Why I No Longer ‘Wing It’: Strategies to Plan My Week
Welcome educators! Before we start, I want to share an excellent free tool. It is “The Ultimate Guide to a Successful School Year”. In this guide, I walk you through how you can take those nervous jitters to have undeniable confidence throughout the school year. All because you started with these basic steps in the guide. Download the guide at myadventuresinesl.com/ultimateguide. We are going to start today’s episode with your reflection question. Have you been “winging it” with your lesson planning? Take a moment to reflect on this question. Think about this question and answer yourself honestly about where you stand. So many of us start off the school year…
- Building Relationships, Checklists and Processes, Planning Strategies, Professional Development, Teaching Strategies
EP. 116 Prep & Plan: Setting High Expectations
Hey! It’s Session 3! I want to thank you all for tuning into the first Prep & Plan Session (Routines & Procedures). A few of you asked about the routines and procedures that I use in my classroom. Click here to download my template of Routines & Procedures that I use in the ESL Master Plan. I will keep it available for a limited time. Let’s dive into Session 3! Building relationships with your students is a necessity if you want to have a high-functioning and high-performing classroom. Step 1: Planning for High Expectations In the last session, I provided you with strategies on how to establish high expectations in…
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EP 114 Prep & Plan: Routines & Procedures
Are you looking for some effective and engaging lessons for your Language Learners? Join the Close Read Club! Learn more at https://www.myadventuresinesl.com/closereadclub It’s Session 1 for our Prep & Plan journey!! Did you know that just spending a few minutes at the beginning of your classes establishing rules and procedures can make your school year so much easier? The “Back-to-School Prep & Plan Sessions” has begun! If you take action you’ll go into the upcoming school year prepared to support your Language Learners. Step 1: Download the UPDATED WorkbookHere’s the UPDATED link to the workbook for our time together—make sure to print this out and have it beside your computer…
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EP. 112 Summer Lesson Plan Strategies
Welcome educators! Before we get started I want to share with you an amazing free tool I have available to you. It is “The Ultimate Guide to a Successful School Year”. In this guide, I walk you through how you can take those nervous jitters to have undeniable confidence throughout the school year. All because you started with these basic steps in the guide. To download the guide go tmyadventuresinesl.com/ultimateguide. We are going to start off today’s episode with your reflection question. Take a moment to reflect on this question. Think about this question and answer yourself honestly about where you stand. The problem with planning over the summer is…
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EP 107 Tackling Teacher Hoarding
Welcome educators! Before we get started I want to share with you an amazing new and free tool I have available to you. It is a curriculum guide for the school year. This guide will give you the tools to help with your planning and keep you on track. It is also great to use if you need some ideas about what to teach for the school year. To download the guide go to myadventuresinesl.com We are going to start off today’s episode with your reflection question. How many of the resources in your classroom such as games, printables, and supplies are you using during the school year? Take a…
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My Favorite Planning Tools
Welcome all-star teachers! I would still like you to take five minutes and reflect. This can have a huge impact on your teaching. Here is our weekly reflection question: What are some tools that you use every class period that you find effective? The problem a lot of educators encounter is really simple. Sometimes there are WAY too many resources out there for us. They can range from dozens of subscription sites, flashcards, printables and so much more. A lot of us want to minimize our tools and maximize how we are using those tools. At the beginning of every school year, I am always overly excited about the new…
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Using Visuals with ELLs
Welcome all-star teachers! As we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to reflect on your wins for the week. Think about your high points and your areas of growth. We have all heard these words “just use visuals”. Visuals are a great scaffold but finding visuals and determining when to use them can be a struggle. As I was strolling through the internet, I kept seeing how visuals are a great scaffold for ELLs. Even when I was planning with my team, co-workers would simply say use pictures. That was an effective and simple solution but I was still stuck on how and when to use them with…
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Building Background Knowledge through Picture Books
Hey educators! Welcome to today’s training. This week has been amazing. As the year is at the halfway mark, I am starting to see the work and lessons I did at the beginning of the year payoff. For example, I was teaching my students sentence structure. This week they were doing such a great job. This is important because my goal is to have the students write varied sentences. Today I am going to share with you how you can use picture books to teach complex topics. A lot of times our ELLs might not have the background knowledge around topics and events that will help them comprehend complex texts.…
- New ELLs Checklist
When new English Language Learners arrive at the school, we complete a checklist to ensure that the students have everything they need to succeed. We also want to be compliance.
