by Heather MacCorkle | Nov 16, 2013 | Education, Learning, Teaching
I find it interesting that I could not keep up with the idea I had about teaching a novel by modeling the process by which one actually engages the content for the first time. I have not picked up the book again. The book is interesting, but the way it was being...
by Heather MacCorkle | Oct 23, 2013 | Education, Learning, Teaching
See on Scoop.it – Improving Your Teaching Practice Teaching That Makes Sense offers tools, training, and technology support for K-12 schools in reading, writing, math, test preparation, and assessment.Heather MacCorkle Edick’s insight:TTMS – Where...
by Heather MacCorkle | Oct 21, 2013 | Education, Learning
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by Heather MacCorkle | Oct 15, 2013 | Education, Learning, Teaching
See on Scoop.it – Improving Your Teaching Practice My submission for the Coursera course “The Foundations of Teaching for Learning 2: Being a Teacher.” I apologize if you hear a timer going off in the background. See on...
by Heather MacCorkle | Sep 21, 2013 | Education, Learning, Teaching
Discussion As students enter the classroom on Day Three, they would find a discussion prompt on the whiteboard: What were you thinking yesterday while we read? Be honest and share it with your neighbor. After five minutes, I would open the...
by Heather MacCorkle | Sep 1, 2013 | Education, Learning, Teaching
Again, this will be a short post, but I do hope that it will inform others of my thoughts on the subject of teaching the novel and teaching / modeling reading habits and skills. In the end, the objective of the lesson is to reinvigorate the students’ natural...
