Google Docs
Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Forms are invaluable tools for teachers and learners. These are the easiest, most comprehensive edtech tools out there, and they are my absolute favorite collection of tools for using with Google Drive and with students.
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Writing Resources for Teaching Secondary English Language Arts
Teaching writing is one of the most important and challenging parts of being an English language arts teacher. Writing helps students learn to express themselves in a meaningful and organized way, including using evidence and examples, providing citations, researching, and following the writing process. To help students practice these skills, I have put together a variety of resources for teaching writing, including mentor texts, task cards, and rubrics.
2 Unexpected Sources of Professional Development / Moore English
Professional development is an important part of being a teacher. Sometimes PD is wonderful, challenging, and inspiring. All too often PD only manages to inspire scowls and eye rolls. Oftentimes the best PD comes in unexpected shapes and sizes. In the last year, I have found professional inspiration in 2 unexpected places, so I wanted to share them with you. If nothing else, these experiences prove that inspiration can come in the unlikeliest of places.
How to Balance Your Grading Load
There is no grading load quite like the grading load of a high school English teacher. Use these 4 strategies to manage all those papers! First, for small grading activities (worksheets, short writings, activities, etc.), I use the laundry approach to grading. It is a grading mindshift change that helped me so much last year. Second, I started applying backwards design to grading. If I want to return papers by x day, I work backwards to determine how many papers I need to grade per day.
5 Free Must-Have Digital Accounts for Teachers
I just changed school districts. Recently, I received my new login credentials. Getting settled in a new digital space is often as important as getting settled in a physical one. While some digital accounts will come from my district (my email, my gradebook, etc.), other accounts are up to me. In the midst of moving districts, these were the 5 digital accounts I took the time to create as soon as I received my new login information!
How to Begin and End Classroom Discussions #mooreenglish @moore-english.com
Elevate classroom discussions and make every discussion meaningful with these four simple pre- and post-discussion strategies! These are strategies to invite students to establish discussion norms, practice generating questions, engage one another in meaningful Socratic Seminars, and thinking reflectively and metacognitively. Perfect for secondary teachers across social studies and English language arts.
Everything You Need for a Back-to-School Technology Checklist
Oftentimes, when I think about back-to-school, I think about seating charts and first-day stations. More and more, though, I've realized that my most important back-to-school tasks happen on the computer! At times, it gets overwhelming to think about all the digital tasks teachers have to manage before students arrive. To help manage that feeling, I have put together this Technology Checklist that I wanted to share with you!
5 Underrated Instructional Strategies for All Content Areas
As teachers, we all have our ride-or-die instructional strategies. However, some of the best strategies often get pushed aside in favor of bigger, better, brighter. Today, I want to focus on some underrated instructional strategies. These are effective, efficient, no-fuss, no-frills, and they work in every content area. These underrated strategies focus on visualization, writing, and listening skills.
Teaching Text Features #mooreenglish @moore-english.com
Students overlook them. Standardized tests love them. And I didn't know what to do with them. What am I talking about? Text features. After years of apathy, I embraced text features and made them part of my professional growth plan. This is part of my teacher evaluation. By putting them into my evaluation document, I held myself accountable. Over the year, I learned lots of tips and tricks about teaching text features. And I wanted to share a few of my favorites with you.
10 Tips for Success as a New Teacher
Being a new teacher is exciting! You've waited and dreamed and worked hard to become a teacher. But it's also challenging. Every new teacher (elementary, middle school, and high school) should hear these 10 tips about classroom organization, classroom management, and teacher self-care.
The Best Resources for Teaching Poetry in High School ELA
Teaching poetry can be intimidating for teachers and students. Making the most of teaching poetry requires the best resources and a clear set of procedures. Over the years, I've developed a favorite system for helping students pre-reading poetry. It has been a gamer changer for me and my students! It's also one of the best resources for demystifying poetry and making it manageable for teachers and students. Since poetry is intimidating, it's essential to give students an option for any text.