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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Blog RSS</title><link>amandameriwether.com/blog/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2019 04:05:24 +0000</pubDate><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to Spell Doesn't have to be Awful]]></title><link>amandameriwether.com/blog/learning-to-spell-doesn-t-have-to-be-awful/</link><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid I learned to spell by getting a list of words and then not studying them and doing poorly on tests then getting yelled at by my parents. Then being forced to write done spelling words over and over again. It was the worst. I hated spelling. I’m still kind of a bad at it, and I’m a teacher. Learning to spell doesn’t need to be awful and headache inducing. I’ve created a fun game to help my kindergarten, grade one and two students to have fun spelling words. This lesson can be]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultivate your "Teacher Voice"]]></title><link>amandameriwether.com/blog/cultivate-your-teacher-voice/</link><description><![CDATA[Everything that goes on in your classroom has implications that relate to classroom management, from the way you arrange and decorate your classroom and the way you speak to and respond to students (Sieberer-Nagler, 2015). It does not matter how carefully you crafted your lessons or how cute your PPT slides are, your students have to respect you. Period. Respect is something that has to be earned, and you are in a great position of power in the classroom and that is something that should]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subject-Verb Agreement Lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs)]]></title><link>amandameriwether.com/blog/subject-verb-agreement-lesson-for-english-language-learners-ells/</link><description><![CDATA[Grammar is hard, and often boring. A lot of students hate learning English grammar and end up making a lot of mistakes for a number of reasons. I’ve designed this lesson plan to help students out with one particularly boring but vitally necessary aspect of English grammar which is subject-verb agreement.

First we need to go over the rules for simple present tense subject verb agreement
*also please note, you should teach this lesson only if have your students have as solid grasp on be-verbs]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
