Common Core Standards – Page 2 – Teaching English Language Arts

Inspire Curiosity

January 21, 2018September 28, 2018 by admin

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Getting Them Into a Book Are you familiar with the INTO, THROUGH and BEYOND strategy for teaching text? Looking for something that can work in a single period to get students into their next book? Here’s an idea may work for you this Spring. Distribute the book. Invite students to…

Advertisement Analysis Assignment

January 7, 2018January 6, 2018 by admin

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Persuasion - Advertisements One way to introduce students to the power of persuasion and to show them evidence of logical fallacies is to have them analyze advertisements in print and digital media. You can have students write and post their analysis or present their findings in a speech using visual…

Non-Fiction Picture Books for ELA Classes

December 26, 2017December 26, 2017 by admin

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Picture Books and Common Core A significant component of the many state standards is the reading non-fiction informational texts across the curriculum. Here are ideas to get you started incorporating non-fiction to support and expand your lessons in English Language Arts. Use these books to help establish context for both fiction…

Books for Boys

November 25, 2017December 4, 2017 by admin

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Perhaps, because so many elementary and middle school teachers are female, the books on our standard reading lists tend to appeal more to students of that same gender. Not sure if that's the case, but admittedly teachers of young men in all grades recognize that our male students often are…

GETTING INTO A TEXT

October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 by admin

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Take a Random Walk Ask students to write on a piece of paper any ten numbers between the first and last page number of the book you are using. For example, 3,7, 27, 59, 78, 87, 115, 143, 205, 212 Then instruct them to turn to those pages, skim the paragraphs…

Collected in the Summer for Use All Year

September 21, 2017September 17, 2017 by admin

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Tips for Teaching Here are some interesting links, ideas, and video you may find useful as you plan lessons to engage your students. Some will just be fun, others intriguing, some even challenging to you and your students. I'll add to it as I find new treasures. Enjoy! Simple Way…

Non-Fiction Text Features

September 9, 2017August 24, 2017 by admin

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Non-Fiction Text Features Here's an efficient way to introduce/review the concept of text features with your students using slides, a short video, a check list and copy of their textbook from science or history. 1. Show the Text Features Slide that points out different features one may find in non-fiction…

BACK TO SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS

September 2, 2017August 24, 2017 by admin

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CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF Students like to know what they know so they'll know what they need to learn. When teachers know what students know, the teacher knows what needs to be taught. Why not invite your students to do a self-check during the first week of school to…

Write Right Away

September 2, 2017September 2, 2017 by admin

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Get' em Writing about Themselves Looking for ways to get to know your students while having them do authentic writing that builds on works you've read? Here are three ideas to consider that can serve as a beginning of the year formative assessments of reading and writing. No need to…

REFRESHING IDEAS FOR READING AND WRITING

August 31, 2017August 24, 2017 by admin

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READING AND WRITING POSTERS Periodically, I find interesting graphics that can be posted in classroom or projected during reading or writing assignments, just to remind students of what they've been taught and now are being asked to use as they read or write. USEFUL in opening weeks of school or…

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