Teacher+Issues

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Preferred (Best) Instructional Practices//
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I don't use the term "best practice" any more. Teachers think they know what this is and stop listening. Here are what they are in Plano: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __Great Resources:__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __Documents/Tools:__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Target Language Teaching at all levels (Comprehensible Input)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discovery Learning for grammar
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vocabulary Acquisition (no vocab lists!)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Writing to Learn
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reading to Learn
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Why Didn't I learn This in College?// by Paula Rutherford, Just ASK Publications. [|www.askeducation.com]. ISBN: 0-9663336-1-6 (We give a copy to each of our district's new secondary teachers (all content areas) each year at New Teacher Professional Development Day.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ACTFL's //Keys to the Classroom//
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lesson Plan Reflections: formative assessment slant-- [[file:Lesson Plan Evaluation.doc]]user:glundgaard
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Walk-through Form from Kentucky [[file:walk_through06.pdf]] user:tmsaue1
 * Walk-through From from Plano ISD TX [[file:walk thru form.doc]] user:glundgaard
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