Daniel Lefebvre
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Massachusetts, United States
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Currently, I serve as a Literacy Coach for teachers in the middle grades (6th-8th). I have specific experience teaching ELA in 7th grade, 8th grade, 10th grade, and also in teaching AP Language and Composition to mixed classes of grades 10-12.
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Independent Reading Program - Project Ideas, Descriptions, and Rubrics
Independent Reading Programs are a great way to continue fostering a love of reading, and greater reading comprehension development, outside of the classroom.
In conjunction with Dialectical Journaling (see separate product), I ask my students to complete one project a term on a book they've read outside of class.
Attached, is a resource that helps guide students to finding and creating relevant, text-based projects that are right for the book they choose. Each suggestion has a guiding questio
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English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Reading
Independent Reading Program - Dialectical Journaling
Establishing an Independent Reading Program is a great way to foster strong readers in your classroom. I created this resource as an easy way for teachers to hold students accountable for their own comprehension of what they are reading.
It's really quite simple. Students set reading goals for how many books they will read during a term, Sometimes I assign a specific genre, sometimes I let the students choose on their own. But the rules are always the same: for ONE book each term, the students
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Literature, Reading, Reading Strategies
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About the store
Experience
Currently, I serve as a Literacy Coach for teachers in the middle grades (6th-8th). I have specific experience teaching ELA in 7th grade, 8th grade, 10th grade, and also in teaching AP Language and Composition to mixed classes of grades 10-12.
Teaching style
My students come from diverse backgrounds in an urban school. They often do not believe that they can change the direction of their lives and I believe part of my job is to inspire the possibilities along with teaching the content. Because of this, my teaching style is rigorous and loose at the same time. I let the students guide the direction of the day, while building challenging activities that are engaging and important.
I am currently a Literacy Coach, spending time teaching lessons in all of the middle grades.. Many of my lessons develop test taking strategies along with improving comprehension, vocabulary, and motivation.
I continue to develop Standards-based lessons preparing myself and my students for the rigors of the Massachusetts ELA standards.
Awards & shining teacher moments
National Junior Honor Society selected me as their "Teacher of the Year" in 2016 because of my ability to motivate and inspire students with my lessons and teaching style.
I earned the Edward Egan Medal in the Arts in my senior year at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY.
My own education history
I have a BA in English and an MA in Education, focused on secondary school English.
Additional biographical information
Before teaching, I worked in retail management for 21 years - discovering daily throughout my career that my associates (think: "students") were the most important part of my job.
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