Huge List of Easy Ways to Avoid the Summer Slide
When most people hear the term summer slide, their heads probably fill with images of water parks or lazy days at the playground. The term conjures up far more stressful...
5 EASY WAYS TO TEACH ACADEMIC VOCABULARY FOR MASTERY
You’ve made the important and necessary decision to spend some time on direct instruction for academic vocabulary. If you hadn’t made that decision, allow us to convince you with this...
3 Reasons Why You Should Teach Academic Vocabulary
Vocabulary instruction is something that many teachers struggle to include in their busy schedules. Best practices require many repetitions and exposures to new words for students to actually acquire them...
The Best Way to Teach Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes
Greek and Latin roots and affixes are the “building blocks” of the English language. Incorporating them into your instruction or curriculum not only provides students with word meanings, but helps...
Effective Ways to Teach Greek and Latin Roots AND Vocabulary
Did you know that students should encounter a word up to 70 times before is is mastered? NO LIE! That is why teachers need to provide practice, practice, practice for...
Weekly Teaching Idea- Prefix, Suffix, Stem
I have been working on a unit because I want to reteach prefixes, suffixes, and stem words next week before our state exam. I introduce them throughout the year and...