English & Language Arts Teacher BlogThis blog is for secondary English, ELA, and language arts teachers filled with lesson plans, humor, product recommendations, teaching ideas, tips, and tricks and much more! Let’s get back out there and keep making a difference! 🙌 Helpful Stuff It’s important to remember to practice the fundamentals of reading before moving on to more advanced reading strategies and comprehension. Just like pro basketball players master dribbling & basic free throws before moving on to the more advanced stuff like dunking & other complex plays, we must prepare students by routinely practicing the foundations of reading comprehension. One fundamental strategy to help you teach reading and increase student comprehension is to have students practice active self-monitoring while reading. Recommendations What makes better writers? Writing, writing, and more writing! Check out this fantastic *FREE* resource from fellow TPT’er Mondays Made Easy: Creative Writing Prompts Story Starters Activity - Daily Writing Journal Prompts Try it out and let us know how it goes! Don’t forget to tag us in your posts on Instagram as @shining_scholar_education and Facebook as Shining Scholar Education! Because through helping others, we all win! A Little Inspiration The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. -B.B. King As always, please forward this to any teacher that could benefit from this message and help spread the love!
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