Naomi Goralski

#2ndaryELA
Tuesday, September 5
8:00pm

#2ndaryELA
What was this chat about?
This chat was about Reading and
Basic Writing teaching strategies you
use in your classroom.
Information In this chat, the questions were
centered around student choice
and their personal interests.
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What Questions were asked?
Intro: What and Where do you teach?
Include blog link
Q1: Have you tried strategy grouping to
teach your secondary students? How did it
go?
Q2: What part do read alouds and choice
reading play in your instruction?
Q3: How do you connect whole-class
instruction to students choice reading?
Q4: Does student choice play a significant
part in how you structure a writing unit?
Q5: How do you provide timely feedback
to help students improve their writing?
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Student Choice School-Wide Policies Google Classroom
In the questions and Many teachers said For Q5, majority of the
Common answers, all teachers that they had school- teachers answered
Themes seemed to agree that wide policies that kept that they use google
student choice is them from having classroom and other
necessary when some freedom in their google tools in order to
teaching ELA. Finding classroom. give prompt feedback
content that students to their students. They
are interested in is all seemed to love it!
essential!
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My
interactions Q1: Have you tried
strategy grouping to
teach your secondary
students? How did it go?
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My
interactions
Q2: What part do read
alouds and choice
reading play in your
instruction?
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My
interactions

Q3: How do you connect

whole-class instruction
to students choice
reading?
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My
interactions

Q4: Does student choice

play a significant part in
how you structure a
writing unit?
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My
interactions

Q5: How do you provide

timely feedback to help
students improve their
writing?
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Additional
Interactions
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Some teachers answers were vague and

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A lot of teachers had the same ideas,
Critiques
nothing new.
Not enough time between the questions,
felt pressured to respond right away.
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Big Picture
Make questions very specific and clear.
Provide ample amount of time for responses