Every holiday I spend some time reflecting on what has been good and difficult about the last term. That's one of the great things about teaching - we get regular breaks to take stock, refresh, and power-up ready for the next term.
Reading resilience – a structured worksheet to build up your students’ reading resilience
One of the difficulties of reading is that it's a number of different skills all intertwined. If a student isn't practised in any one of these skills comprehension can break down and they'll not understand or give up completely.
Being a teacher AND realising a dream (in my case writing a novel)
Firstly, let me get something clear, I love teaching. When you've thoroughly planned a lesson, it's going well and the students are on board, there's nothing better. This is not a post (the sort you sometimes see) by people jaded with the profession about a "plan B" or "getting out while you still can". This is about being able to do something you really want to, as well as be a great teacher.
Keeping a journal as a teacher, why and how? TAKE THE 30 DAY CHALLENGE!
I challenge you to journal every day for 30 days. It takes just 10 minutes each day. Try it and see if itĀ improves your teaching and mindset. It's easy with the outline below. #30dayjournalchallenge
Improving students’ inference skills with pictures
The third post in a series about how to improve the inference skills of your students, and why that's so important.
Bringing the world into your classroom
As a teacher who loves to travel, I try to bring the world into the classroom at every opportunity. Iām not just talking about discussing where I've been on holiday - Iām talking about using whatās around me to hook a studentās interest outside of the subject, then develop their understanding within it. Why? Young …
Becoming āread fitā
I think every teacher I've ever spoken to loves reading. I think it's part of the job.Ā The fact you are reading this now is a symptom of it. But what youāre doing is the result of years of practice, dedication, mistakes and successes to make you āread fitā ā you are an athlete and reading …