Two literacy experts offer strategies for helping elementary and middle school students understand how to use and synthesize different sources for research. https://t.co/W86w39jDCE #ELAchat#EngChat
"Without further ado, here are my 3 favorite websites for finding nonfiction articles that are (1) appropriate (2) rigorous and (3) interesting." https://t.co/Tcsw9fG0C8 #ELAchat#5thChat
No matter your content area, students can use Write About to start, revise, and publish their writing as well as interact with classmates! #EdChat#ELAchat
"It is important for students to have opportunities for authentic and respectful dialogue. It is especially important for classrooms to build spaces for diverse voices." https://t.co/jkQhiiVHmS
"In a matter of seconds, the whole room had erupted, a huge hysterical bowl of popcorn, exploding all around me, and I couldn’t find my way out." https://t.co/GWSI1Y0qzQ #EdChat#ELAchat
Use this mini-lesson to help students use vocabulary words to demonstrate a real world understanding of them. https://t.co/KPoycymKOv #ELAchat#ElemChat
"For the first time as a young teacher, I realized the power of unleashing students’ experiences in a writing class. This was about more than craft." https://t.co/PQAceL3sVB #ELAchat#EngChat
Giving Peer Feedback Helps Writers Grow: Tips for showing students how to give each other writing feedback, which benefits both the receiver and the giver. https://t.co/B7BbsvhuEs #TeachWriting
As long as I have an option, I will always teach narrative writing because I see a great value in it. Narrative writing is the most undervalued element of the ELA classroom. https://t.co/VXwPI6fOx5 #ELAchat@ms_j_gilbert
We talk a lot. We'd like to hear from you! What are your students writing about or working on this quarter? We want to hear all about it! Big breakthroughs, learning experiences, things you weren't expecting to happen with your unit -- all of it! #EdChat#ELAchat#EngChat