Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. While the instructions are presented here in English, the activity should be conducted in the target language—whether Spanish or another language being taught. Instructions: 1.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. While the instructions are presented here in English, the activity should be conducted in the target language—whether Spanish or another language being taught. Instructions: 1.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

ELA class gives middle schoolers the opportunity to write creatively, read imaginative stories, and present their thoughts and opinions to peers. From enjoyable English games to interesting lessons for reluctant readers, ELA will quickly be their favorite class of the year. Extra points to the team that solves the escape room first!

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

How do you decide whether to keep reading a book or to stop reading it? In your opinion, what sport gets too much attention? What sport should get more attention? Imagine a world where you could read everyones mind, but no one could read yours. If you woke up famous, what would you like to be famous for?

High School 52

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

Identifying the Needs of English Learners English learners (ELs) have unique needs requiring targeted instructional approaches to support their language acquisition and academic success. Because ELs come from diverse linguistic backgrounds, their English language skills may vary widely.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2023

Teaching is about attention — getting students to pay attention to the material, and to engage with new ideas so they can develop new skills and abilities. But getting and holding the attention of students has become more difficult since the pandemic, according to many college instructors around the country. I'm a quest giver.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. More than 50 years of research has illuminated the most effective way to teach children to read.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Most of my students immigrated to the United States within the last year, and all of them were English learners, thus making it difficult for them to complete the activity. Unfortunately, the sentiment within my supervisor’s response is not unique to the curricula design for English learners.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BUDAPEST/LOS ANGELES (October 1, 2021) – An acclaimed and multi award-winning English As A Second Language (ESL)appin daily use with over 20,000 classrooms across Europe is launching in the US. BOOKR Class presents storybooks in a highly engaging format to focus on reading in English.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

The class may include students with a hearing impairment, auditory processing disorder, or attention deficit disorder. The teacher may use academic or subject-specific vocabulary unfamiliar to a student with limited background knowledge or who is not a native English speaker. They can find a podcast (e.g.,

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2016

Homework has been getting a lot of attention in the media. I want the 4+ hours they have after school to be dedicated to exploring other interests–sports, instruments, playing in the backyard, building random art projects out of old boxes, and reading. ” As I read this, I felt guilty. hours every other day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 21, 2023

Learning a second language is a challenge, whether it be English, Russian, or any of the hundreds of world languages we find across the globe. You’ve come to the right place if you want to improve your English language skills. An ESL tutor can give you one-to-one attention, unlike a traditional classroom setting.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

on a recent Wednesday, and the school stage hadn’t yet transformed into a reading room. But this year, a group of fifth graders were instead sitting on the school’s stage, reading aloud about the life of Rosa Parks as they worked on reading fluency and comprehension. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I’ve been a reading specialist, a special education teacher, and an English teacher, among others. They’ve been trying their best for years, and it hasn’t gotten them out of special reading classes or eliminated their need for an IEP. They have some challenge that interferes with how they learn, and that makes school difficult.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

Reading skills are the gateway to success in every classroom subject. The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Not being able to read has a profound effect on our self-esteem, social-emotional skills and imagination.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

On the day of a crucial match-up between South Korea and Germany, I chose to project the game on the TV in class while they pretended to write essays, knowing I had already lost their attention for the day. All too often, the books on these reading centered traumatizing and marginalizing protagonists.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2017

It was assumed that students were being lazy, not paying attention, or being disruptive because they were badly behaved, not because they were infuriated. Most English classes still include Shakespeare from time to time. Reading will always be an important part of learning, especially in the English classroom. Academized.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2016

In the state of Washington, school districts can receive state funding for a Learning Assistance Program (LAP) to provide supplemental instruction and services to K-12 students who do not meet reading, writing, and mathematics standards.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Like many educators, Christy Stanley wants her students to practice close reading and deep learning. They don’t know how to slow down their reading.” Three years ago, Stanley’s district discovered a powerful ally in its quest to get kids to pause and really process what they’re reading. I was impressed,” says Stanley.

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Reading Teachers Learning English 150

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

Teachers can pop in and out of breakout rooms while students discuss academic topics and collaborate around shared tasks, but it isn’t the same as walking around a classroom with watchful eyes and attentive ears. Success criteria can help teachers and students measure progress in relation to those standards.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2024

This article on the science of reading originally appeared on Purdue University’s site and is reposted here with permission. awarded to Purdue in August as part of Lilly Endowment’s Advancing the Science of Reading in Indiana initiative, which launched in 2022. The work is funded in part by a $1.5

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

More than half of the student population is Latino, and many of these students come from poor households where English isn’t spoken. Most of our preschool kids who are native Spanish speakers come to school without anybody having read to them,” said Napa County Superintendent of Schools Barbara Nemko. Houston has a similar initiative.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Edmentum , a provider of web-based learning solutions, announces a brand-new K-6 math, reading, and ELA individualized learning program. The program is designed by educators for educators to provide targeted, assessment-driven instruction, reinforcement, and support in math, reading, and language arts.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2024

A typical situation is that you are speaking the Spanish language at home, and then English in the school setting, and that's something that sometimes is seen as the de facto,” Gauna says. In Texas , where roughly 40 percent of residents are Hispanic, nearly 1 million students in public schools are English learners who speak Spanish at home.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

But Lang admits that holding students’ attention is now harder than it’s been in the past, and he offers some practical suggestions on how to respond. He’s also in the classroom (well, a virtual one these days) as a professor of English at Assumption University, where he is also the director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2024

Those efforts prompted two Dewey English teachers to guide their students to use Minecraft to build a dystopian society. As the team prepares to defend its citywide title against other high schools this Saturday at the Brooklyn Public Library, Jayla has been reading on her own about what makes a “walkable” neighborhood.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Almost 10 percent of students in US public schools are English language learners (ELLs), and that percentage is growing every year. An essential first step in that process is getting their attention in class. I’ve found that it helps students develop their English and problem-solving skills.

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English Attention Students Languages 195

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 19, 2025

As I considered how to introduce this post, I started by looking for statistics that could paint a picture of where modern-day students are with their reading skills. I typed “Kids Can’t Read” into my search bar, looked at the results, and realized I could skip this step. “You need a lesson structure.

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Reading Knowledge English Feedback 117

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This lesson is part of the Constitution unit and is available in English and Spanish with several integration options, so the material can be adapted to whatever your classroom needs may be. Children’s books are designed to grab the attention of the reader and keep it. My favorite is The “Federal” in Federalism lesson.

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Students History Essay High School 336

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

But it was a move to Japan to become an English teacher that finally helped Bonner see how he could meld his love of language learning with his technology fascination. “I I saw that I could use VR to do some fascinating stuff with English language education,” explains Bonner. Read Bonner’s Research.

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Languages Language English Motivation 210

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2015

‘Close reading’ entered the teacher’s lexicon with this Common Core literacy anchor standard: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. This is not instinctual.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

But Farley, who had been learning Mandarin for a few years by then, was serving a class of kindergarteners enrolled in a Mandarin-English dual immersion program. I remember doing a lot of reading in that class. I think that class got me into reading for pleasure and also reading for education.

Languages 201

Languages Language Teachers English 201

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Pro-censorship groups do not represent the vast majority of parents or guardians in their beliefs about librarians, reading, education, and civil society.” One state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. More than 50 years of research has illuminated the most effective way to teach children to read.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Read more about the column and browse future content here.]. how to pay attention to your non-verbals. In her column on ‘Personal Development’, eSchool News Columnist Jennifer Abrams focuses on tangible takeaways, tools and teachings that all those working in schools can use to develop their leadership. William Ury.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

Hearing and understanding what is being said in the classroom play a crucial role in a student’s speech and language development, reading and spelling ability, attention and concentration, and overall academic achievement. Becky Oristaglio, Speech and Language Pathologist.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

In cohorts of six to eight people, they spend seven hours a day in class learning from native speakers how to read, listen and speak, interpret news reports from other nations and understand the practices of foreign cultures. It starts with videos that immerse users in English using simple phrases, like name introductions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Despite sorting students into groups based on reading ability and spending extra hours combing through various data dashboards, she is still adjusting to the demands of teaching so many students at once. “As I don't feel like I can give them what I could give them in the classroom as far as individual attention and differentiated lessons.

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