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TEACHING GRAMMAR: 7 TIPS AND 2 TEACHING STRATEGIES
Season 13 Episode 11
Listed below are seven simple tips for helping students to develop an awareness of grammar in their speaking and writing.
1. Use lots of real writing.…
5 years, 1 month ago
TEACHING GRAMMAR
Season 13 Episode 10
learning about grammar doesn’t have to be boring and meaningless. This chapter starts by dispelling some myths, otherwise known as silly grammar id…
5 years, 1 month ago
TEMPORARY SPELLING
Season 13 Episode 9
This question often arises: Should you insist on correct spelling when children are getting their initial ideas on paper? Short answer: no.
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5 years, 1 month ago
TEACHING USING AUTHENTIC WRITING
Season 13 Episode 8
How much talking do you think young children would do if we corrected them after every utterance? What if we insisted that they pronounce every word…
5 years, 1 month ago
TEACHING THE 5-STEP WRITING PROCES
Season 13 Episode 7
all language processes are connected (reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking). Each language enhances students’ ability to use the othe…
5 years, 1 month ago
IDEAS FOR HELPING CHILDREN DEVELOP A LOVE OF READING
Season 13 Episode 6
A teacher’s or tutors number one job is to help children fall in love with books. Once this is done 98 % of reading instruction is complete. However,…
5 years, 1 month ago
HOW TO TEACH READING
Season 13 Episode 5
So how do we go about the business of teaching children to read? We don’t. Instead, we create the conditions whereby children can learn to read and …
5 years, 2 months ago
LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE: FOUR LANGUAGE PROCESSES WORKING TOGETHER
Season 13 Episode 5
Learning to read is not an isolated process. Four language processes work together to enhance the development of each individual element: speaking, l…
5 years, 2 months ago
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING PART 4: STRATEGIES AND CONDITIONS
Season 13 Episode 4
In this podcast I describe some strategies and conditions that might facilitate culturally responsive teaching. Again, I will stress that these strat…
5 years, 2 months ago
MY QUEST TO UNDERSTAND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING - PART 3
Season 13 Episode 3
Zaretta Hammond defined culturally responsive teaching as . .
“An educator’s ability to recognize students’ cultural displays of learning and meaning …
5 years, 3 months ago