Teaching ELLs Is About Making a Difference
Teaching is self-sacrifice. Teaching is giving. Teaching is loving when the other isn’t always lovable. Teaching is by grace a tinkering with the future…when the future keeps slapping your hands away.
Teaching is self-sacrifice. Teaching is giving. Teaching is loving when the other isn’t always lovable. Teaching is by grace a tinkering with the future…when the future keeps slapping your hands away.
Kendra waited half a semester before dealing with a problem that ended up causing her to snap. What happened and how can we avoid the same mistake?
Carrot and Stick? ? How should we follow through with our students in the classroom? Does the old carrot and stick method work? Is there a better way?
Do your ELL student argue with you about in-class assignments, act surprised when there are consequences, or get upset with you a lot? These are signs of a common classroom management problem. Find out what it is as we get back into the Kid-Inspired classroom management series.
Melody was one of the most difficult students I have ever taught. In a previous article, I wrote about her adventures in making my life miserable. What ended up happening? How did things turn out?
Find out the second half of the story.
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