I’m sure we’ve all had students who have had very high aspirations and want to do well, but when push comes to shove, they lack follow-through and/or don’t know where to begin. It’s really important in these instances to teach students how to effectively follow a plan. Perhaps these kiddos are very distracted, get anxious,… Continue reading Tips to Help Students with ADHD Follow Steps in a Plan
Category: Junior High
Teaching Ideas for Conversation Classes
Teaching a conversation class to English language learners can be both challenging and rewarding. As a language teacher, it's crucial to create an environment where students feel comfortable expressing themselves and practicing their speaking skills. One of my favourite classes that I teach is English Language Development. It’s a course for students who are learning… Continue reading Teaching Ideas for Conversation Classes
Effective Ways to Help Ease Text-Anxiety
We all know students (and maybe even ourselves) who suffer from test anxiety. It’s not only beneficial for those students who suffer from test anxiety to learn some effective tips and strategies that they can use to help ease their anxiety, it’s also great for other students to recognize that we all need different strategies,… Continue reading Effective Ways to Help Ease Text-Anxiety
How to Make the Most Out of Class Study or Work Periods
As teachers, we know we can't spend all of our time lecturing students and then have them complete all their work at home. Having work or study periods is just part of the job. We've all been in classes where "work periods" is just slang for "hanging out" or literally doing anything expect for work.… Continue reading How to Make the Most Out of Class Study or Work Periods
8 Tips to Set-Up Your Classroom with Different Teaching and Working Areas
If I was not a teacher, I think my dream job would be to design teacher classrooms. I swear, I could spend hours and hours at a time perusing Pinterest for different decor ideas, and I just love creating desginated spots in my own classroom for different activities. When you have designated areas in your… Continue reading 8 Tips to Set-Up Your Classroom with Different Teaching and Working Areas
7 Tools, Strategies, and Tasks for Bridging English Language Learners
Bridging English Language Learners are almost at the level they’re completely fluent in English. In fact, many native English language speakers never get to this level! This is great, because these bridging ELL students are basically completely integrated in your classroom and can complete work quite seamlessly with their peers. WORK INDEPENDENTLY At this point,… Continue reading 7 Tools, Strategies, and Tasks for Bridging English Language Learners
5 Things Teachers Can Do to Support Bridging English Language Learners
It can be challenging for teachers to support Bridging English Language Learners, as they appear to be very strong. However, they do sometimes still require some supports as they fully gain language acquisition. There are a lot of things teachers can do for these kiddos, many of which we’re already doing for our native English… Continue reading 5 Things Teachers Can Do to Support Bridging English Language Learners
6 Tools, Strategies, and Tasks for Expanding English Language Learners
Working with expanding English language learners is tons of fun because there’s so much they can still learn, but also so much they’re capable of now that they’ve built up more skills. By now, students in your classes will have an idea of routines, they should be fairly well adapted to the school, your room,… Continue reading 6 Tools, Strategies, and Tasks for Expanding English Language Learners
6 Things Teachers Can Do to Support Expanding English Language Learners
When our English language learners teach the expanding stage, we often feel they’re strong enough to work independently and do the same (or almost the same) work as their native English peers. However, there is still a lot of learning and growth they have to do, especially around academic language and course content. Here are… Continue reading 6 Things Teachers Can Do to Support Expanding English Language Learners
10 Tools, Strategies, and Tasks for Developing English Language Learners
Working with developing English language learners can be difficult. They often seem to be more competent than they actually are because their casual and functional English skills are higher than their academic skills. They can do quite a bit independently, and often they want to, but they still require a lot of extra supports. I’ve… Continue reading 10 Tools, Strategies, and Tasks for Developing English Language Learners
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