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! Here’s to another week! 🙌 But First, A Chuckle! Helpful Stuff Check out Synonyms for Overused Words in Writing - Secondary English Classroom Posters from fellow TPT’er named Classroom Oasis! These posters are perfect for not only providing repeated exposure to better vocabulary for your students’ writing, they also add some personality and style to your classroom!
Recommendations (The following links are Amazon affiliate links, but don’t worry, it does not affect your price at all. 🙂) If you folks remember the blog post about printing your own Post-it sticky notes from a while back, that I use when I give students their login passwords or any other important information I don’t want them to lose. I’ve recently come across a massive improvement! I’ve started putting clear tape on the part of the template where the sticky backside of the Post-it note goes, as shown below. This helps it keep the note sticky and prevent the template paper from peeling off.
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A Little Inspiration  Sharing is caring—so please forward this to any teacher that could benefit from this message and help spread the love!
The goal of these messages is to help ourselves improve—for our students, for our loved ones, and for ourselves. You can always reply to this message or message us on Facebook here! Keep touching hearts and changing lives! Charlie with Shining Scholar Education Our podcast is back—check it out! P.S.: Looking to monetize your educational content? Consider joining our TPT Affiliate Program for 25% commissions here! Another week of touching hearts and changing lives! 🙌🙌🙌 But First, A ChuckleDid you hear about the English teacher’s car accident? They were involved in a hit-and-run-on! 🤓 Helpful Stuff
Here are some of the most notable episodes! Exciting Criminal Mock Trials for Your Classroom! How Do I Become a Better Teacher? Interview with Instagram's The Fearless English Teacher! What is a Teacher? Back-to-School Motivational Speech for Teachers (We All Need a Pep Talk!) Check more out here! Recommendations
I also explain to my little darlings that there's also something called attention residue and decision fatigue. I'm sure the uphill battle will continue, lol, but at least this is another tool in your arsenal for enlightening young minds that attention and focus are the new currency! PSSSST! Don’t forget to leave reviews on TPT products you buy because you get credits that count towards your next purchase while helping a fellow teacher out —it’s a WIN-WIN! 🙌 Try these 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! This Week’s Most Helpful Resources!
A Little Inspiration Because our headspace matters when we are trying to show up as our best selves for our students, our loved ones, and ourselves! “Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti Sharing is caring—so please forward this to any teacher that could benefit from this message and help spread the love!
The goal of these messages is to help ourselves improve—for our students, for our loved ones, and for ourselves. You can always reply to this message or message us on Facebook here! Keep touching hearts and changing lives! Charlie with Shining Scholar Education Our podcast is back—check it out! P.S.: Looking to monetize your educational content? Consider joining our TPT Affiliate Program for 25% commissions here! |
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