6 Fetching News Article Resources for ESL Students Online
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeAre your students are taking interest in those popular stories popping up on their social media feeds? If so, give them the knowledge the yearn for with this collection of student focused news resources.
What Does the Next- Generation School Library Look Like?
TeachersFutureReadingTeacher CafeWhat do libraries need to be doing to bring people back through their doors? With so many alternative ways to find information, libraries are now adapting and adding non-traditional elements to expand their offerings.
Mr. Glue Stories- An Interactive and Recordable Story App
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeMr. Glue Stories is an entertaining new story app that allows you to create one-of-a-kind adventures, which can be personalized to include names, artwork and voice. When it is finished, the masterpiece can be saved and then shared with teachers, family and friends.
Timeline Creations: Sutori
TeachersCreativityReadingTeacher CafeEducationTechnologyCreate and explore with your students today. Sutori is a website that allows users to create timelines in visual ways. Teachers can post content, ask questions and elaborate on answers.
Once Upon a Device- Reading Activities
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationCreativityOften, teachers have to use material that is older than the students, written in archaic language, and that take place in countries and imaginary worlds our learners have no experience with. Activities should help learners visualize and experience these worlds and have a better understanding of the mindset of the characters. Many apps inspire creativity and provide multimedia rich experiences and story creation.
8 Ways to Get Reluctant Readers to Read
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationReading is known to have obvious benefits, such as improving vocabulary and increasing the breadth of knowledge that one has. But recent studies have shown other benefits of reading.
How to Use the Google Newspaper Archive
TeachersHistoryReadingTeacher CafeEducationTechnologyHow-toA short YouTube video about the basics of using Google Newspaper Archive for classroom use. Search for local and regional content for your students, classes and lessons.
Literacy Through Photography for English-Language Learners
TeachersPhotographyReadingTeacher CafeEducationLanguagePaulo Freier encouraged a broader definition of literacy to include the ability to understand both "the word and the world". Literacy includes reading, writing, listening, speaking and analyzing a wide range of texts that include both print and non-print texts.
14 Weird Words That Literally Contradict themselves
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeLanguageEducationContronyms are words which have two more or less opposite meanings. The word is a contronym; it can mean hit, as in hitting someone, or it can mean miss, as used in baseball.
"Vape" Word of the year 2014
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeLanguageCultureLast year it was "selfie" and in 2012 it was "GIF". Oxford University Press have chosen "vape" as this years winner. The word, which the dictionaries's blog defines as both a verb and a noun for the whole category of popular tobacco atomizing devices.
Word Bucket
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationLanguageWord Bucket is a personal English dictionary, notebook and vocabulary learning game. Students can save all new words to their personal Bucket and learn them through tests and games.
Vocabulary
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationLanguageA vocabulary learning platform with images, games and activities for all types of classrooms. A resources for teachers and students to practice vocabulary.
Teaching Students the Skills of Expert Readers
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationThe most effective way for students to learn reading strategies is through explicit and direct instruction. It is important for teachers that model these strategies to the class to give students a clear understanding of they were given the task and to complete it properly.
13 Strategies to Improve Student Classroom Discussions
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationWritingAs teachers know well, finding and using textual evidence is challenging for students- choosing a solid piece of evidence or creating a clear interpretation can be overwhelming. These 13 teacher and expert-tested strategies will strengthen your students' ability to find and use evidence from any text.