Classroom Strategies
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How to Quickly Write Language & Content Objectives
Welcome all-star teachers! Here is our weekly reflection question: How consistent are you in writing language and content objectives? Writing language objectives and content objectives can be overwhelming and time consuming for any teacher. When learning how to write content objectives and learning objectives, there are way too many resources available. This can lead to you feeling confused and in some cases frustrated. Before I started teaching, I faintly heard of content and language objectives. The first struggle was understanding what is a content objective and what is a language objective. A content objective identifies what the students will be able to know and what to do by the end…
- Building Relationships, Classroom Strategies, Lesson Ideas, Speaking Activities, Teaching Strategies
Get Your Students Talking During Virtual Learning
Would you like to download a copy of this episode’s transcript? Simply click here for the download. Hey Educators! It’s time to reflect! This year I want to switch it up and start asking you a weekly reflection question. After reading the question, take a moment to think and jot down your answer. I know some of you are listening to this on the go or possibly reading this in passing. 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: Are my Language Learners achieving their speaking goals? Whether you are teaching virtually…
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Strategies to Prepare for the Second Half of the School Year
Download the transcript to this episode here Hello educators! I am so excited to be back with you this new year! I know you are going to have a fantastic school year and even amazing summer. 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 A few wins I have seen in my group My Adventures in ESL is taking action to plan for the upcoming Language Assessments. There are so many teachers that are actively…
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Virtual Classroom Management
Welcome, teachers, I am Millie, and we are officially back. I am excited, as usual, to be here and to share with you all some amazing topics for this upcoming school year. Now, as usual, before we jump into today’s topic, I would like you to take a moment to reflect on any wins that you had for the week. Was there something that you did that you are proud of? Did you attend a professional development? Did you have a light bulb moment about something? So take a moment to reflect on those. One of the things that I’m being encouraged to do, and I want you all to…
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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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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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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…
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Selecting Engaging Topics for Your Virtual Lessons
Welcome back educators! Thank you so much stopping by to get all the details on how you create engaging virtual lessons for your ELLs. If you haven’t already please take a moment to subscribe and share this website with other ESL teachers. This helps spread the word about the strategies and tips. You are also helping other ESL teachers make their classroom streamlined. Most of us are distant learning and have the same problem. We are searching and wondering what we are going to teach our students? A lot of us know how we are going to teach our ELLs. Rather that is through a lesson on Nearpod or Quizlet.…
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Teaching during a Pandemic: Your Questions Answered
These last few weeks feel as if I have been on a complete rollercoaster. One things I have learned is how important it is to be flexible and open-minded. I always knew technology was important, but now more than ever I strongly feel it is a necessity for many of our ELLs. A lot of you feel the exact same way, and I enjoyed talking with everyone during our Live Q & A sessions. Here are some of the questions that we talked about during our live sessions: What are some tech tools that my ELLs can use? I do not speak the home language of my students. How can…
