help fan students’ intrinsic motivation, leading them to embrace learning rather than grades
A year-long project is one in which students set a long-term goal and work backwards, creating checkpoints that the teacher can set.
goal of 2,500 books read by June. This averages to roughly 25 per student. Of course, some will read 50 while a few will read 15. Along the way, we learn genre, book structure, literary elements and the fundamentals of writing.
Every year PBS and some libraries gather some families and record traditional/popular songs, rhymes and games... Great way to engage ELL learnes and their families and keep traditions...