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Multiple Choice in the ELA Classroom: 5 Best Practices and 3 Past Practices
TweetShare Like all parents, I sometimes struggle with my child at homework time. My first grader’s regular math exercises include a variety of activities, including multiple choice questions. He often bubbles whatever answer strikes his fancy in hopes that I won’t notice or check his work. In anticipation of this, I now cover the answer [...]
Reference Common Core Standards Here!
TweetShareCheck out the tab “Common Core Standards” above! I have added a cool new widget from MasteryConnect that lets you check out the Common Core Standards by subject and grade level in a snap! To check it out, click the “Common Core Standards” tab above, or CLICK HERE. This would come in handy when lesson [...]
Annotated Common Core Standards ELA, Grades 9-10
TweetShareHere is the annotated version of the Common Core Standards for ELA for Grades 9-10. I hope you find this helpful, as I have worked diligently to make meaning out of some pretty vague and broad standards. The boxes indicate where I have explained/translated/interpreted the particular standard. I hope this helps you feel, well…not so lost when [...]
Annotated version of the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, Grade 8
TweetShareAs promised, I have now completed the Annotated Common Core Standards for Grade 8! The more vague standards have been broken down into bite-sized chunks to help you understand them better, and thus, be able to implement them better. Some of the standards were already pretty self-explanatory so I left those alone, but wherever you [...]
Annotated Common Core Standards ELA, Grade 7
TweetShareAs promised, I have now completed the Annotated Common Core Standards for Grade 7! Again, I have tried to break some of the more vague standards into bite-sized chunks to help you understand them better, and thus, be able to implement them better. Some of the standards were already pretty self-explanatory so I left those alone, [...]
Annotated Common Core Standards ELA, Grade 6
TweetShareAre you confused or overwhelmed by the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts? You’re not alone. I have taken some time to annotate the Common Core standards for ELA in order to help you feel, well…not so overwhelmed, or lost, or alone! I have tried to break some of the more vague standards into bite-sized [...]
Do you have everything for your Back to School Teacher Survival Kit? 30 things you should not go back to school without!
TweetShareFor those of you who are not on Pinterest (where I have a visual collection of this list at www.pinterest.com/sec_solutions), I decided to post the list here. This is a list of everything the new (or veteran) teacher should have in his/her classroom. Here’s our Practical Teacher Survival Kit…in no particular order (thanks to [...]
What Does Plagiarism Look Like? 10 Free Resources to help you develop your own Plagiarism Policy, educate yourself and your students, and detect unoriginal work
TweetShare I will never forget the first time I knew I had caught a cheater. It was in my first year teaching, and I remember that I really, really wanted to make sure that my kids turned in original work–I was very sensitive to plagiarism, since I had been accused of it once (long story; I [...]
Tips for Writing Great Quizzes and Tests
TweetShare Good assessments will help you correctly and effectively assess your students’ knowledge and comprehension of a text so that you can more successfully schedule and utilize the precious time you have with your students. First, decide the goal of the assessment. Do you want to quickly check that your students have actually read the [...]
Using That versus Which
TweetShare As you all may know, I do a lot of reading, writing, and some minor editing, so I decided to touch upon one of the issues I often come across in my work. This month, I am getting technical as I explore the guidelines of that versus which in writing. Before I move on to some of these [...]
Common Core Standards – Are you ready?
TweetShareWith more and more states adopting the Common Core State Standards (43 states plus 3 territories so far), you are more than likely going to be faced with the execution and integration of these standards in your own curriculum in the very near future. Several states have slated the 2012-2013 school year for implementation (this [...]
Nine tips for taking notes in a book (without ticking off your librarian!)
TweetShare When I took my first English class right out of high school, I was shocked that not only did we have to purchase our own books, but we were even allowed to write in them! I had always been told not to write in my schoolbooks—and all I ever saw written were things like [...]
