Classroom Strategies
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EP 158 My Go-to Engaging Lessons
Welcome, educators! Before we dive in, I want to take a moment to appreciate the incredible work you do every day. Your dedication to helping students find their voice in a new language is truly life-changing! 💙 If you’re looking for engaging ESL lesson ideas that will captivate your students and enhance their language skills, you’re in the right place. Today, I’m sharing four dynamic strategies that will bring excitement into your classroom. 1. Magic Write – A Fun Vocabulary Activity Magic Write is a simple yet engaging vocabulary center activity that students love! Here’s how it works: To scaffold learning, provide sentence frames to help students construct their sentences.…
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Ep 156 Lesson Ideas for March
Welcome, educators! March is a month filled with opportunities to create engaging and meaningful lessons for your students. Whether you’re focusing on Women’s History Month, Poetry Month, or the arrival of spring, this blog post will provide you with creative lesson ideas and themes to keep your students inspired and learning. Let’s dive in! Women’s History Month: Celebrate and Inspire Women’s History Month is celebrated throughout March to honor the contributions and achievements of women throughout history. This theme provides countless opportunities for engaging lessons and activities. Lesson Idea: Biography and Research Projects A biography or research project is a versatile activity that works across grade levels and proficiency levels.…
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EP. 149 Unlocking Strategies for Engaging Language Learners
As educators, we constantly strive to create engaging and effective learning environments for our students. Recently, I had the privilege of attending the TNTESOL Conference in Nashville, where I discovered innovative strategies and tools to support language learners. In this post, I’ll share key takeaways from the conference that you can implement in your classroom. Math Strategies for Language Learners One of the sessions I attended focused on helping language learners succeed in math by integrating language-rich strategies. Here are a few highlights: The presenter also shared tools like revoicing, pressing for details, sensory support, and think-alouds to enrich discussions and scaffold learning. Language Learning in the Library Libraries are…
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EP 145 Speaking and Listening Activities
Welcome educators! Before we start, I want to share the amazing resources I have available. To learn more and download some engaging resources go to myadventuresinesl.com/store. You are an efficient, engaging, 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. Today’s podcast aims to provide you with listening and speaking activities that you can incorporate into your lessons. The goal is that they are simple activities that will improve your students’ listening and speaking skills. One of the things that I have noticed this semester is the need for…
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EP 144 Start Using Stations Today
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. This week’s episode aims to provide you with tips and strategies on how you can implement literacy stations in your classroom. There are so many advantages to literacy stations in your classroom. Here are some examples of some of the advantages: There are many types of literacy stations that you can incorporate in your classroom. The five stations that I use throughout the year are listening, reading, vocabulary, writing, speaking, and stations that designate the students working with me during a…
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EP. 143 Improving Engagement Among Language Learners
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 efficient, engaging, 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. Today’s podcast aims to provide you with simple and effective strategies you can use in your classroom to increase student engagement among your students. These may surprise you because we often think that adding some games increases student engagement. Let’s dive into strategies you can use…
- Classroom Strategies, Curriculum, Distance Learning, Language Objectives, Lesson Ideas, Planning Strategies, Reading Strategies, Reflections, Speaking Activities, Teaching Strategies, Writing Strategies
EP 128 What is Black History Month?
Welcome educators! Before we get started I want to share the engaging resources I have available to you. To learn more and download some engaging resources go to myadventuresinesl.com/store. You are an amazing 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 today’s episode, I will share ideas and lessons for the first week of Black History Month. To start this lesson students need to understand why February is Black History Month. This can be taught to the students by building background knowledge through videos and read-aloud. There…
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EP 127 3 Myths Busted about Lesson Planning
Welcome educators! Before we get started I want to share the engaging resources I have available to you. To learn more and download some engaging resources go to myadventuresinesl.com/store. You are an amazing 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. Today’s episode aims to share three myths about searching for lesson plans and strategies to help you in the process. There are a lot of myths about looking for resources to support your Language Learners. Let’s dive into those myths and provide some clarifications and solutions. The…
- Classroom Strategies, Curriculum, Language Objectives, Lesson Ideas, Listening Skills, Newcomers, Planning Strategies, Reading Strategies, Reflections, Speaking Activities, Teaching Strategies, Writing Strategies
EP 126 Planning for January Part 3
Welcome educators! Before we get started I want to share the engaging resources I have available to you. To learn more and download some engaging resources go to myadventuresinesl.com/store. You are an amazing 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. Today’s episode aims to provide you with lesson ideas for lessons about the Lunar New Year. Day 1 Building Background: The Chinese New Year will be celebrated on February 10th. Chinese New Year is a 15-day festival that begins with the new moon. Chinese New Year can…
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EP 121 Strategies for Gen Ed Teachers to Support Newcomers
We are going to start off today’s blog with your reflection question. What are the tips and strategies you give to teachers when they ask how to support newcomers? Take a moment to reflect on this question. Think about this question and answer yourself honestly about where you stand. This scenario may sound familiar to many of you listening. A new student arrives at the school who speaks little to no English. Their general education teacher(s) may go into a small or not-so-small panic about how to support them during class. Naturally, I want to share all the practical and textbook strategies of what they can do in the classroom.…
