BY: LIZ JORGENSEN Hey there, happy Sunday! If you followed the advice of the many teacher blogs telling you to relax and take time for self-care over break and are now scrambling for some back-to-school lesson ideas… We got you, sis/bruh. Or, if you’re an impeccably focused and responsible teacher Read more…
Valuing and validating your students’ voices is one of the greatest gifts you can give them. Here are four reasons responding to student journals should become part of your teaching practice.
BY: LIZ JORGENSEN There’s a big difference in the phrases “a notebook” and “my notebook.” Because I want my students to have ownership of their writing notebooks—to feel that their writing notebooks, and by extension, their writing itself, is an expression of themselves and driven by them—I want them to Read more…
I used to start every semester off with a brief unit on personal narratives. We would read short pieces and excerpts of longer narratives, discussing important themes and moves the writers made in telling their stories, and the unit would ultimately culminate in students writing their own personal narratives. I Read more…
Apples for teachers sure have changed over the past few years. Over the past few months, I have been working towards my certification as an Apple Teacher. Obtaining certification wasn’t really that difficult as I had to read 16 ibooks and take quizzes to prove that I had mastered the Read more…