Teaching English as a second language to ESL students is daunting, even for experienced and skilled teachers. The process becomes even more perplexing when you have students who can barely understand English and you don’t know their language either. You’ll need to have a lot of patience when teaching English to beginners and when communicating…
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One of the many things school closures taught us was the importance of having effective, digital tools at your fingertips. When the school closures were first announced, everyone was in an emergency, panic mode and no one had time to fully research online tools before picking one. It’s becoming clear that technology will play some role…
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Covid closures completely upended the school year. And now, as we consider heading back new year, we have no idea what that might look like.But regardless of the form school takes 2020-21, we can and should be asking bigger questions. How can we take the lessons we’ve learned during these closures and reimagine schools in…
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We all hoped next fall everything would be back to normal, but now we’re not so sure. Theories and ideas abound about what form next school year will take.So what are we as teachers to do? How can we plan when we don’t know what we’re planning for? Where do we spend our time when…
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“I’m so worried for my students.” “Only a handful of students are still logging into the online classroom.” “There are students I haven’t been able to get in touch with since the quarantine.” “Some of my students don’t have the best home environment.” We’ve been seeing these commonly repeated anxieties in the Teach 4 the Heart…
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Oh my goodness what a year this has been!? We always knew an election year would bring up politics, but who knew the election would take a back to seat to COVID, the tragic killing of George Floyd, and so much more! More than ever, we need to be able to talk about political & social…
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Discover a fun (low-prep) project you can use to review, create a sense of closure, and even create fun memories in these last days of distance learning.listen here: Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. read the article:Distance learning has completely upended our end-of-the-year traditions, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still do something…
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You have suddenly been thrust into the online teaching world with no preparation at all! Don’t panic; we have some simple guidelines to get you started. You can start with a few simple tools and build as you go. Each section below is based on the four foundational principles to keep students engaged through online…
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We teachers are experiencing a completely unprecedented situation. Some teachers were given only 20 minutes to grab classroom curriculum, lessons, and supplies before being told they now need to figure out how to teach online. Due to school closures, we now need to educate not only our class, but our own children as well! If you…
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This crisis is hitting all of us differently, but we are all feeling it. The anxiety, the uncertainty, the crazy swings of emotions. One day we’re up and thinking, “Hey, we’ve got this!” and the next we’re dissolving into a puddle of tears and wishing we could just hide away in our beds until this is…
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