5 Ideas to Level Up Language Arts #5ideaFriday

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Today teacher @Alex_Corbitt from the Bronx has 5 created ideas to help improve and make language arts learning fun.

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Language arts ideas we’ll discuss today:

How to scaffold reading
Making use of classroom spaces
Some cool project ideas including “talk show host”
Using picture books even with older kids
Establishing benchmarks for students
Advice for new teachers

I hope you enjoy this episode with Alex!

Today when you leave a review on iTunes or Stitcher, you’ll be entered to win one of two prizes — Alex’s LitCraft bookmarks or Andy Andrew’s new book The Little Things. See contest rules.

Want another language arts episode? Listen to 5 ideas for improving student writing with Jennifer Seravallo.

Links Mentioned on the Show

@Alex_Corbitt
www.alexcorbitt.com
Audiobook Homework Video Example
End of Year Video Example
Harrison Bergeron [Full Text] by Kurt Vonnegut
Meet the Dullards by Sara Pennypacker Illustrated by Daniel Salmieri

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Full Bio

Alex Corbitt

Alex Corbitt is a middle school English teacher in The Bronx, New York. His work focuses on socio-emotional learning, gamification, education technology, and literacy. He loves learning from other teachers and he regularly presents at conferences around the United States. Alex’s passion for teaching will thrive as long as he continues to laugh with and learn from his incredible students.

Pictures of Alex’s Classroom

Pictures provided by Alex. Notice his flexible seating that he discusses on the show.

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and telling your friends about the work we do here! - Vicki

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