Successful mentorships all seem to hold the same qualities: loyalty, commitment, selflessness, trustworthiness, and respectfulness. The absence of any one of these traits can present a challenge and create an unbalance for the mentorship. Consequently, I find these 5 traits significant for the cultivation of a safe mentoring connection for both the mentor and mentee.
Digital print of an inspirational quote that would be a great gift for a mentor. Simply print it and frame it 8 x 11 in. I initially made this as a gift for our administration at work.
Having a mentor teacher is so impactful on the sucess of a first-year teacher. But what exactly is a mentor teacher? Let's dig in to what teacher mentoring is and is not.
I absolutely love to embrace the chaos of the Christmas season and tie the holidays into my December lessons! I love to find ways to make learning engaging for my students and still focus on my grade level reading standards. Below are a few books that are perfect mentor texts for teaching various reading comprehension […]
If you've agreed to mentor a first year teacher, you're probably wondering what the role and responsibilities of a mentor teacher are. Let's dig in!
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Use Mentor Sentences in your ELA middle school classroom to improve student writing! Find practical ideas to teach writing skills.
Looking for some new fall mentor texts to add to your classroom library? Here are some of my favorites that I think you might enjoy!
While all of our students don’t need ALL of these strategies, I’ve organized a lot of the things mentioned in this series of blog posts into six big categories. I hope that they’ll help you wrap your mind around SIMPLE things that you can do to help your students with some of their biggest learning obstacles in math. Place Holders & Trackers For many of our students, keeping track of their place is HARD. However, I love to have a few tools handy to help them keep track of where they are and what they’re doing. Bingo Markers Desk Pets…
There are so many great plot structure mentor texts out there! It was incredibly difficult to narrow it down to these. In an effort to keep the post short, I
Picture books make wonderful mentor texts to quickly teach middle school and high school students expository writing creatively. Great lesson ideas here!
Teach descriptive writing skills with these five writing activities that will allow them to practice "showing not telling."
This making inference activity and lesson plan will help all of your readers succeed at making inferences and inferring as they independently read in your upper elementary and middle school classrooms. Making inference mentor text included.
Teaching themes in literature made easy and effective! Read how I teach theme and the theme activities I use on this post, free resource included!
Introduce your children to our Creativity Mentor Matisse and try these four art projects
This book makes a great mentor text for a personal narrative genre writing unit! Kids can relate to Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe and use some of the strategies she uses to revise their writing workshop stories. Read this post for mini-lesson ideas, an anchor chart, and freebie for Show, not Tell! Great for kindergarten and first grade.
How to start and create a good working relationship when you mentor a first year teacher. Rock being a mentor teacher - connect, share and work smart!
Need a quick win for teaching voice in writing? Can it be taught? Voice, a word often used by writing teachers, always seems to remain vague to students...
Mentor Sentence STATIONS with 120 Mentor Sentences provide your students with motivating activities that improve writing skills! Now includes a DIGITAL version. EIGHT stations focus in on specific skills and techniques where students gain practice using sentences from young adult novels as models. With 120 mentor sentences, grouped by three levels of challenge, you’ll have lots of variety and easy differentiation. You’ll be able to use these stations over and over again throughout the year with different mentor sentences! A PowerPoint Mini-lesson is included as a perfect way to introduce students to mentor sentences and the station work. Detailed task cards and inviting student handouts make the activities both challenging and fun. Students enjoy movement and group work! Clear and specific teacher guidelines are provided to make set up and grading super quick and easy. Each station will engage students for approximately 20-25 minutes, so with 8 stations, you’ll have several days of planning covered, with students actively discussing, learning, and stretching their writing skills to imitate mentor sentences. The DIGITAL version offers colorful, nicely-designed slides that allow students to type their responses into text boxes. With both print-and-go AND digital versions, you'll be equipped for all teaching situations! Plus, you'll be able to differentiate according to your students' needs. To access the DIGITAL version of this resource, you will find: ---a PDF containing digital links to access the mentor sentences, task cards, station handout-slides, and rubric ---directions for uploading the resources and using them with students --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The EIGHT MENTOR SENTENCE STATION TOPICS are 1. Parts of Speech 2. Word Choice 3. Types of Sentences 4. Figurative Language 5. Description 6. Punctuation 7. Author’s Style 8. Synonyms Contents of the Resource: 1. A POWERPOINT MINI-LESSON – A colorful and engaging 8-slide presentation introduces students to the use of mentor sentences. Specific written directions for teaching the mini-lesson are included. 2. 120 MENTOR SENTENCES – Excerpted from popular young adult novels, each mentor sentence is attractively displayed with title and author listed below–-and color-coded by three levels of challenge. Students work with one mentor sentence at each station. 3. SKILLS CHART- A 6-page chart illustrates the specific skills and literary characteristics contained in each of the 120 mentor sentences. The chart will help you in deciding which mentor sentences to choose for the station work, especially if you’d like to reinforce certain skills. 4. TASK CARDS – Eight colorful task cards, each with a section entitled “Here’s What You’ll Do.” Completion steps are outlined in a checklist. Students read the task card together when they assemble at the station. 5. STUDENT HANDOUTS (16 pages) – The 2-sided handouts are creatively designed and align with the station task cards so students can get right into their activity and begin discussing and delving into the topics. 6. SIGNS FOR EACH STATION – Eight colorful folding stand-up signs that match the task cards - can be set on the table or group of desks for each station to guide students to their areas. 7. GRADING RUBRIC – A 4-point optional Grading Rubric is included for your convenience. The rubric describes qualities of student work on four levels with space for you to assign you own grade or number of points. 8. AMENDED TASK CARDS – A set of task cards is included without mention of a group grading system, a quick and easy grading system that is explained in the Teacher Guidelines. These cards can be used in place of the original task cards by teachers who prefer to grade each student’s work individually. 9. TEACHER GUIDELINES – Specific guidelines for implementing and grading the station work offer suggestions and tips for getting the most out of this resource and using it with ease. Common Core standards that align with this resource are noted. If you are looking for engaging writing activities that provide rigor and motivate your students, look no further! These stations offer meaningful practice for improved writing skills. As you circulate the classroom, your students will be discussing, analyzing, and creating higher level sentences together. NOTE: If you plan to use the print version, one station (Synonyms) would benefit from student devices for access to online thesaurus. Please open the PREVIEW for a closer look! Thanks --Joy You might also enjoy teaching with these resources: Non-Fiction STATIONS for ANY Informational Text - w/ Digital Distance Learning Informational Writing: 5 Informative Essays with Guided Writing Templates Vocabulary Activities – Word Study Bundle with Word Wall Posters and Quizzes Yes! Join my list to receive Teaching Tips, New Product Updates, and FREEBIES from Joy
For decades, the stereotype has been that men fly the aircraft and women serve the beverages. Times and beliefs are steadily changing, but the gender gap between men and women in the cockpit is still very wide. If you are looking for some inspirational female pilot role models and mentors for yourself or a young aspiring female aviator, go follow the Instagram accounts of these fantastic women.
Om elkaar beter te leren kennen kun je een kennismakingsbingo inzetten. De spelregels Net als bij een gewone bingo krijgen alle deelnemers een bingo
Pip Willson fa tesztjét a világ minden pontján ismerik már. Nagyon közkedvelt, hiszen végre egy olyan személyiségteszt, amelyben nem kell egy csomó kérdésre válaszolni. Csupán egy emberkét kell választanod a fán üldögélő grafikák közül, és máris sok mindent megtudhatsz alapszemélyiségedről.
Rejection is one of those things all of us have to face. It might be in a studio review; our professor is not happy with our work or the direction we've taken. It can even be in the workplace, after working hard on something, those above us ridicule and criticize it. And there are still those...
These classroom management strategies will help teachers with all levels of experience with managing classroom behaviours.
"I told John to close his eyes because I could feel this tension between him and Paul. I did them (together) afterwards; I got them looking different ways because there was such a tension.” ㅡ David…
Check out this list of picture books for upper elementary! Use them for interactive read alouds and as mentor texts! Such great picture books for older kids in third, fourth, and fifth grade. #readalouds
"A un gatto" è una bellissima lirica dello scrittore e poeta argentino Jorge Luis Borges. Misterioso e affascinante felino, il gatto è ancora una volta il protagonista di versi a lui dedicati.
Met dit werkblad leer je de kinderen in je nieuwe klas kennen. Daarnaast leren de leerlingen elkaar kennen #handig
