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I felt like an over-scheduled student this past weekend! As I wrote last time, I was involved with a big family reunion. While it’s been really cool to meet relatives from my extended family whom I’d never known even existed, all the togetherness has meant I have had very little
Eight weeks with no break other than weekends is a long time! Teaching straight through from the last week of February to the middle of April was always the most exhausting time of the school year for me. In Massachusetts, there are week-long vacations in February and April but nothing
Let’s travel to a part of the world that has not yet been spotlighted in my continuing series about education in other countries! Susan from Shared Teaching is an American who teaches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). She offers a comprehensive look at the education system in that country
I’m so happy I have a time machine! No, not the one I created for my end of year world history product but a real Time Machine that came with my MacBook Pro computer. You see, my hard drive failed last week. (Note to self: Don’t accidentally knock it off
Is Google evil or just everywhere? I remember when the company introduced its search engine. Up until then, I had used Yahoo, or Yahooligans with my younger students. AskJeeves was also great because kids could just type a regular question into the search bar and not worry about using key
What’s the difference between a solstice and an equinox and, um, tell me again: Why are there seasons? Something to do with the Earth’s rotation…or is it the Earth’s revolution…? And hemispheres – that has something to do with it, too, right? The ProblemTypically, I taught about the seasons in
Educational technology and English Language Learners can be a match made in heaven or it might seem an unfathomable chasm for students and their teachers. There are lots and lots of apps and software available for teaching ELLs but there are also lots of ELLs who don’t have access to
English Language Learners and technology: A natural fit or a bridge too far? Some would say using technology to teach English makes perfect sense. With all the websites and programs available, there’s bound to be something that meets every student’s needs. Others might say that ELLs don’t have the same
What is the message that is given to students when a Social Studies course on world geography has textbooks for Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and North America but not for Africa or Latin America? That was the situation I found myself in when I had to teach that subject
“Dare to be honest and fear no labor.” — Robert Burns It’s fitting that this month’s guest blogger comes from Scotland because January 25th is Burns Night, which honors Robert Burns. Frances McGowan is a retired EAL teacher and the name of her TpT store is EALEE, which stands for
I don’t ever recall being taught how to write a citation. Part of the reason might be because I attended three different high schools. I went to tenth grade in Pennsylvania, where the curriculum was to learn how to write an essay the following year. But my family moved during
“To be prepared is half the victory.” — Miguel Cervantes I hate teaching to the test but sometimes it is necessary. Here are my top three reasons why I dislike doing test prep and also one reason why I think it’s important. As the testing season for administering the annual
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