7th grade ELA. KTI 🌟 2018. Student Engagement. Creativity. Curriculum Nerd. Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction
Maryland, USA
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Engagement usually involves some form of capturing student interest. Hook? Anticipatory set? Add tech? There are lots of things I am interested in doing, but unless I believe I can do them, I’m not engaging. What if, instead, we improve engagement by targeting self-efficacy?
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Officially official. 3 years of very hard work, but that “Graduate with High Distinction” makes it all worth it!
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My final defense is scheduled. I am one step away from being Dr. Staley! This has been quite the journey...
Team Enthusiastic Thinkers won the CVSD Vocabulary Jam! Today we celebrated with cupcakes. So proud of them! instagram.com/p/Ck1u07upgPV/…
Procedural writing activity during WIT. Ss were given vague directions for making a turkey. Once the Ss were nice and annoyed, they were given the precise directions. Next, we will do our own (hopefully precise) procedural writing task. @CVSD17350 @NOMS17350
A student in my 5th pd. started a survey and a lively discussion about who was the most impactful character in The Outsiders. I'm not even mad about it. Their discussions were honestly better than the questions I had prepared.
I had my Ss participate in a Socratic Seminar today. We discussed the expectations, then I let them fail. When it was over, they reflected on what went wrong so next time they can do better. If I had micromanaged, I would then be forced to continue to do so…Learning is messy
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I love hearing the excited exchanges that exist within an active classroom, but even more I love the swishing sound of turning pages that can only be caught in a classroom of ravenous readers.
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Finished the last of my graded classes with a GPA of 3.96. Now it’s getting real. Pass/Fail from here on out as I continue on towards my EdD 😬
I am committed to providing my Ss with engaging writing experiences. It has taken a lot of conferencing, but I am thrilled with how their argumentative essays are shaping up. Letting Ss choose their own topics was a risk, but I see the reward in their self pride #proudteacher
Improving student engagement in standards aligned writing tasks in 7th and 8th grade. Living here for awhile…
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In 7th grade, we talk about how the setting is more than the where and when. It helps establish the mood, provides the reader with a sensory experience, and give clues about the characters.
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S: We do a lot of reading and writing.
Me: Well, this is English class, so…
🤣 In all seriousness, my 7th graders are STEPPING UP this year!
