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Close Reading
Welcome back, Teachers. I am Millie and I am your host of the My Adventures in ESL podcast. Today we are going to be talking about how you can plan close reading lessons for your language learners. Now, before we jump into today’s topic, I would like for you to reflect on your “wins” for the week. I know one of mine is that I reviewed the curriculum and saw that there were a lot of close reading activities that I needed to plan for this upcoming school year. As I reflected on last year, I saw that I did a really great job of structuring how I taught my…
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1st Day of School Activities
Hi, Teachers. Welcome back to My Adventures in ESL. On today’s show, I’m going to be sharing with you some first day of school activities that you can do with your language learners. Now, like on every episode, I want to share and celebrate some “wins”. Before we do that, I would like for you to reflect on your “wins” for the week. What were some “wins” that you are proud of, some that you want to celebrate? Remember, it doesn’t have to be huge. You can be a small win. A win is a win and they start to add up. So if you want to celebrate your “wins”,…
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Organizing Your Beginning of the Year Tasks
Hi, teacher’s! Welcome to the My Adventures in ESL podcast. I am your host, Millie, and I am excited to be here with you all today. In today’s episode, we are going to be talking about how you can organize your beginning of the school year using online task boards. I love doing this. I just did a really in-depth professional development for the members of my program, the ESL Teacher Master Plan, on this. And after that they were getting organized. So I can not wait to give you an overview today of this training so you can start implementing this in your classroom. Now, before we jump into…
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Using Mainstream Learning for Your Language Learners
Hello, teachers, and welcome to today’s episode. Today, we are going to be talking about using mainstream curriculum for your language learners. Now, before we jump into today’s topic, I want you to think about a “win” that you had over the last week. I want you to share those “wins” and celebrate those “wins”. And every week I want to highlight a teacher’s “win”. Remember, I always say that it can be big, it can be small. A win is always a celebration, and I want to celebrate your wins with you. Our community, My Adventures in ESL, wants to celebrate the wins with you. And I want to…
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Building Relationships During Virtual Learing
Welcome, teachers. I am so excited to be here with you today as we talk about how you can build relationships with your language learners while we are participating in a virtual learning session this school year. Now, as we jump into today’s topic, I always want to encourage you to reflect on your “wins” for the week, even though it’s in the middle of the summer, you have some wins for this week that you can celebrate. I know a lot of you all are creating your Bitmoji classrooms. I know you are working on those routines and procedures for virtual learning. We were just talking about how we…
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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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Too Much Teacher Talk? Here are some Strategies!
Hello, welcome all-star teachers to the My Adventures in ESL podcast. Now, as we jump today’s topic, I would like for you to reflect on the week. What were some high points of the week that you are proud of? And I also want to thank all of the Master Planners who have joined the program. I am so excited to be working with you this upcoming school year. Now, as you know, every week I want to highlight a teachers win and a win can be big. It can be small, it could be medium size. And I want you to celebrate your wins throughout the week, and I…
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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…