Have you ever felt like there just aren't enough hours in the day, especially when it comes to teaching literacy? You're not alone. In our latest episode, we dive straight into the heart of this dilemma, revealing how to maintain a high-quality English program within the tight squeeze of a 60-minute frame. We're handing over the blueprint for educators to seamlessly weave together the essential threads of literacy instruction, even when they're teaching English to students in French immersion contexts or juggling packed schedules.
Key Topics Covered:
- The Challenge: We kick off by acknowledging the difficulty of fitting a comprehensive literacy curriculum into a shortened timeframe and the factors that often lead to this situation.
- Leveraging Overlapping Skills: Discover how to identify and utilize the skills that overlap between English and French (for French Immersion teachers), allowing for a more streamlined approach to teaching literacy.
- Advocating for a Supportive Schedule: Learn how to communicate effectively with your administration to negotiate a more literacy-friendly timetable.
- Maximizing Instructional Time: Strategies for structuring your 60-minute block to include warm-ups, teacher-directed lessons, centers, and lessons focused on writing, grammar, and morphology.
- Prioritizing Instructional Time:Tips for evaluating and minimizing non-instructional activities that cut into teaching time.
- Using Resources Wisely: An introduction to adapting resources, like Ignited Literacy, to fit a 60-minute literacy block by adjusting activities and timelines.
Additional Resources:
- Ignited Literacy: Customize this resource to fit your 60min Literacy Block
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Closing Thoughts:
Teaching literacy within a 60-minute block presents unique challenges, but with the right strategies and a bit of creativity, it's possible to provide a rich and effective learning experience for your students. Remember, the goal isn't just to cover material, but to inspire and engage your students in the wonders of language every single day.
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