Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How Can I Be a Better Teacher Next Fall? I love May. The weather is as close to perfect as it will be all year in most parts of the country. The songbirds have returned to sing to us. My favorite sport, baseball, is in full swing. And best of all, May is both my birthday month and my sister's. And for educators, the arrival of May means that the end of the school year is closing in. Sure, there is a lot to do this time year, and students have started counting down the hours left before vacation -- and for many teachers, we are counting down the days. 1. I need to lose weight, and I've developed a strategy to do so. 2. All of the next suggestions begin with building a master list. A. As you build your lists, add as many items in each category as come up. 3. These essays can be in discussion form for the younger grades and in writing for older students. 4. Hand out 5x7 note cards to your students. 5. 6.
If you have done any or all of these activities, your master list will be full of ideas for each section. Why Reading Aloud to Older Children Is Valuable. Educator and author Jessica Lahey reads Shakespeare and Dickens aloud to her seventh- and eighth-graders, complete with all the voices. Her students love being read to, and sometimes get so carried away with the story, she allows them to lie on the floor and close their eyes just to listen and enjoy it. Lahey reads short stories aloud, too: “My favorite story to read out loud has to be Poe’s ‘Tell-tale Heart.’ I heighten the tension and get a little nuts-o as the narrator starts to really go off the rails. So much fun.” While reading Dickens aloud helps students get used to his Victorian literary style, Lahey said that it’s also an opportunity for her to stop and explain rhetorical and literary devices they wouldn’t get on their own.
“Shared words have power, an energy that you can’t get from TV, radio, or online.” Obviously, Trelease firmly believes in the value of reading to kids of all ages. “Broadening the menu” becomes even more important if a child has difficulties with reading. 10 Ways to Inspire Your Colleagues As An Educator. Arecent story on The Onion, the Internet’s beloved satire site renowned for its ability to pinpoint painful truths in its “fake news” stories, last week underscored one of the saddest dynamics of modern education. In “Inspirational English Teacher Cancelled out by Every Other Teacher at School,” the problem of teacher burnout is readily apparent: “Despite her effusive passion for education, constant encouragement, and heartfelt devotion to her pupils, English teacher Marcia Belsheim’s inspirational influence on Clement C.
Young High School students is reportedly entirely canceled out by the attitude and conduct of every other educator employed at the institution, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Mrs. It’s just that the teaching profession is unlike most other jobs in its unique demands. Look, we’ve all been there. It’s not that we don’t love teaching. That’s why educators need to join together and support one another. So how can college instructors support and inspire each other?