Academic Language is More than Vocabulary Study

Academic Language is More than Vocabulary Study

As educators when we understand academic language as a means to deepening understanding not only a means of understanding a single concept, i.e. vocabulary word, we raise the rigor of our instruction. Academic language is the vehicle of teaching, learning,  application, extension and ultimately knowledge utilization. How can we create lessons that go beyond traditional vocabulary instruction. 

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Grit: We Lead it; We Teach it; We Model it

Teaching our students to dig deep and find the triumph in difficulties is as foundational to best instructional practice as basic reading comprehension. How are we teaching grit? How are we leading with grit? How are we modeling the importance of grit for students? 

Is our language in the teachers lounge modeling grit? Are we instilling grit by not allowing students to take a zero? 

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Success Equals Falling and Getting Back up Again