A panoply of topics in this week’s TOTs. Enjoy!
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Some ideas about teaching creative writing, via @_codexterous
Super interesting with great examples of modelling and scaffolding.
? NEW POST! ?
Outlining a modelling sequence for CREATIVE WRITING
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A full model response that you can share/discuss with your students https://t.co/h1P6vVioez
— Andy (@__codexterous) October 17, 2021
Developing expert teaching, via @PepsMccrea
A great thread on expert teaching, and a sneak peek into Peps’ forthcoming book from what I can gather!
For folks who can't make my #rEDSurrey21 presentation on developing expert teaching, here's a short summary:
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— Peps Mccrea (@PepsMccrea) October 16, 2021
Thinking about teaching for understanding in maths, via @danicquinn
Stimulating reflections from an expert teacher on maths with mimicry vs. maths with understanding.
A new post, after a long time: https://t.co/YtE3JXrm6W
— Dani ?uinn (@danicquinn) October 15, 2021
My favourite overlooked Black writer – by Bernardine Evaristo, Margaret Atwood and more, via @BernardineEvari
Beryl Gilroy! Many others, too (eg Buchi Emecheta), but I was only allowed one and #BerylGilroy's fantastic memoir has just been re-issued.
My favourite overlooked Black writer – by Bernardine Evaristo, Margaret Atwood and more | Books | The Guardian https://t.co/sQXfr9EvaE
— Bernardine Evaristo (@BernardineEvari) October 19, 2021
How To Look After Yourself. 4 Tips For Better Teacher Well-being, via @tomacain
A really thoughtful post by Tom Cain.
How To Look After Yourself. 4 Tips For Better Teacher Well-being https://t.co/YKfxjdgF5r
— Tom Cain (@tomacain) October 18, 2021
Using a visualiser (aka: document camera) in the English Classroom, via @sccenglish
A good follow on from the introductory post on visualisers in TOT106.
And something on using them in English – https://t.co/7YrqUY2ooi
— SCC English (@sccenglish) October 12, 2021
A lot of great questions were asked at ResearchEd Surrey! Via @joe_kirby
What was asked at ResearchEdSurrey?https://t.co/MnEIq854YU
Powerful questions from great education thinkers @TLPMrsL @EnserMark @VallanceTeach @profbeckyallen @head_teach @daisychristo
Like the scientific revolution underpinning it, the knowledge revolution marches on.
— Joe Kirby (@joe__kirby) October 17, 2021
How sustained advocacy is changing how reading is being taught in the US, via @s_e_schwartz (ht @ehanford)
Thanks in no small part to the fantastic journalistic work of Emily Hanford. If you haven’t already listened to Hard Words, it’s essential listening.
Such good reporting on this issue from @s_e_schwartz at @educationweek. You should read this article and follow all of her work. https://t.co/ZBBcRKpVyF
— Emily Hanford (@ehanford) October 14, 2021
Just for fun: Doing grammar with algebra (video), via @advansjoy (ht @Mr_Raichura)
This is comedy gold ??? https://t.co/2ZvF4sLyyy
— Pritesh Raichura (@Mr_Raichura) October 18, 2021