Lesson Plan!

It is great to finally be in a position where I can teach a lesson and see the results and follow up of it over the course of the next few weeks. Does anyone now a great read-aloud version of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears with detailed illustrations? We are doing a lesson on character traits and I thought Goldilocks is a pretty dynamic character. I am feeling a little overwhelmed right now trying to balance all of these classes out, but honestly, I'm having a lot of fun. All that I have really ever wanted to do is teach and right now I feel like I am in my element, learning from professors and teachers how to be a powerful and passionate teacher!

English Language Learners in the Classroom

What type of meaningful and productive assignments can teachers give to ELLs in a classroom while the rest of the class is working on a particular prompt or assignment that the ELL may not be able to participate in? Without being able to devote your whole day working one-on-one with these students, how can you integrate them into everyday assignments? For example, there is a student in my class who speaks English fluently but is only in the beginning stages of learning how to read and write. Unfortunately, many of the projects given to him at this point have been meaningless to him...anyone have any ideas?