I Love Reading: Teacher Moves for Success
"TURN THE LIGHT OUT! PUT THE BOOK AWAY! DO I NEED TO CONFISCATE THAT BOOK?!"
You'd think I was crazy to say those things every night to my kids. Right?! I'm not. This happens regularly in my house. Why? Because my kids are readers.
If reading can be so pleasurable, what is it about teaching reading that is so difficult? Some students seem to just soar and others walk or even limp along. I have taught every grade K-6, and I know from experience that reading truly is one of the hardest things to teach well.
So, what's the magic formula for developing readers? Love. Time. The right books at the right time. Laying a firm foundation of skills and strategies. Sharing books- having a conversation while reading and enjoying books together. Respecting differences- tastes and opinions.
TEACHING READING IS LIKE CHEMISTRY: IT FEELS LIKE MAGIC, BUT IT'S REALLY A SCIENCE.
As teachers, we wonder why some teachers' classes seem to soar while ours seem to walk. It's all about the teaching.
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The 7 Tool Teacher: Teaching Essentials
7 Tools Every Teacher Needs
You know that teacher down the hall? The one whose students make more than a year's growth every year? Yeah. That one. You can be that teacher. To begin, there are certain teaching tools every teacher needs to develop in order to become a teacher with those mad skills (I mean tools).
Here they are:
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Joy: a love for students and a passion for teaching.
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Knowledge: of how the brain works to learn, remember and access information. Additionally, you'll have to become the teacher with an intense desire and drive for knowledge- seeking out new learning and purposeful growth for themselves and their students.
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Skill: the ability to teach anything well (with a little research). Knowing words are powerful, skilled teachers choose and use their words with intention. They rehearse scenarios so the words they want to use become natural. Creative thinking comes out here as well as the ability to visualize a path to the end goal.
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Adaptability: the ability to...
