An English Teacher's Toolbox
* Looking for inspiration and motivation, to share with others. * Looking to constantly improve and grow. * On Twitter at @MissBex_M *
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National Poetry Competition 2013: The winning poem
National Poetry Competition 2013: The winning poem http://gu.com/p/3emh9
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My Favorite Artist - Doug Hyde
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“Getting so into a book that everything around you fades away.”
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Monday morning...
#Accurate
LOL. This is so going to be me. I still have a 3000 word assignment to complete...
7 Steps to happiness…we all need this this weekend, don’t we? #tweachers
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I created this handy help sheet for staff about ‘Bell Work’.
It’s commonly used in primary schools, but less so (it seems) in Secondary school classrooms. Tomorrow, at our department meeting, I am introducing and promoting the concept of Bell work to the rest of my department.
Sharing, as this may be useful.
educationcreateshumanimagination:
New Teacher Classroom Management. This is a helpful video with awesome tips to help make learning go smoother in a classroom. Also to make it more engaging and fun!
- The words you use are as powerful as the message you are trying to convey – do you always know what to say when under stress?
- Describing exactly what students are doing is often more effective than telling them not to do something.
- Giving students an option when dealing with items they should…
Leave your work at work.
As a full-time teacher, I was given this tip. I have to wait for Tom to get off of school every day (I get done at 3:30 and he gets done at 4:40). When I’m done doing hallway duty at 3:30, I get my classroom grades into Schoolmax (I am caught up on grading almost every…
I found this and thought it was really useful. Enjoy!
“Being a teacher is a hectic job, with lesson planning, grading, and actually working with students. Organized teachers find that getting all their work completed on time becomes much easier, eliminating wasted time hunting for handouts and allowing them to focus more time on student learning. Organization takes a little extra time at the beginning, which more than pays for itself in time saved down the road….” Read More Here (including tips and advice)
Something I’ve created:
I have been making and using these for the last few years, for all KS3 assessments. Simply use APP levels and language, linked to the standards in the NC and make it all a little more pupil friendly. Then, staff highlight the area that best-fits the individual student’s work.
Your gaps = pupil targets (and things to address in reflection and your teaching).
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The word ‘group’ started to look really weird.
[P.S. Edit: I got everything above — stars, labels, sticks — from the dollar store. Cost: three bucks and twenty minutes total.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcj3bpEksF1r23oneo1_500.jpg)
The word ‘group’ started to look really weird.
[P.S. Edit: I got everything above — stars, labels, sticks — from the dollar store. Cost: three bucks and twenty minutes total.]
…when you realize next year is going to beso. much. easier.
Having autonomy in my classroom is awesome (I know what books I have to teach, but can choose how I teach them/how much time I spend on them), but it is also exhausting—we’re talking two to three hours prep every night, and I am…
