by Language Arts Lady | Dec 20, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I continue teaching about one of my top ten favorite things: time management. Specifically, time management for teachers, parents, and teaching parents! Last week, in Part I of II, I began with the big picture:...
by Language Arts Lady | Dec 13, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I talk about one of my top ten favorite things: time management. With the new year upon us, people are often looking for time management techniques, especially teachers and parents. So I thought this topic would...
by Language Arts Lady | Dec 10, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….in this episode, I teach how I teach beginning story writing for upper elementary and middle school students. Beginning story writing is often challenging for young writers. They often do not understand the elements of story...
by Language Arts Lady | Nov 28, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I talk about a subject that is near and dear to my heart—-making elementary writing (and learning in general) easier for the littles! Here is what you’ll learn in this episode: *The importance of the “words lead...
by Language Arts Lady | Nov 14, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I teachers, parents, and teaching parents how to utilize a model story to teach Twice Told Tales (TTT) short story writing. A Twice Told Tales short story is one in which students are given a model of a popular...
by Language Arts Lady | Nov 8, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I delve into the concept of a lengthy, thorough, and useful prepositions list for students. Prepositions lists usually consist of a jingle, rhyme, or chant that involves memorizing 20-30 prepositions. When...
by Language Arts Lady | Nov 2, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I share how I teach a character analysis using a simple two-paragraph model for high school students. Character analysis can be difficult to teach—students often do not grasp what they are looking for in a...
by Language Arts Lady | Oct 25, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I take the concept of writing essays and join it with a little research, a quote or two, a formulaic approach (three paragraphs/three topics), and boom—we have an assignment that spans many levels of...
by Language Arts Lady | Oct 18, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, the question and answer format is utilized for elementary and middle school writers to write Christmas decoration paragraphs. In the question and answer format, the student is given one paragraph passages to...
by Language Arts Lady | Oct 5, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this second part (of two) episodes, I teach the important skill of editing student writing. Editing student writing is a skill that teachers can achieve through years and years of practice. It takes some nuancing to truly...
