NEVER STOP LEARNING
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Michigan, United States
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YouTube Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/CarolMcNally
Mom of four;
Granny to six ;
Sunday school teacher 10+ years ;
Public school teacher (Title 1, middle school ELA regular education and support classes) 20+ years...retired ;
Literacy Coach ;
Instructional Coach ;
School improvement team member for nearly all of my teaching career;
Author of significant amounts of ELA curriculum for my district, most recently a revision of 6,7, and 8 regular and advanced/accelerated ELA curriculum and supporting documents/materials aligned with CCSS;
Currently ELA teacher in of our district's advanced/accelerated program;
Fellow: National Writing Project
Adjunct Professor: Western Michigan University
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High Impact Literacy Strategies
A literacy strategies planning guide for classroom teachers and Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). For each strategy: explanation, ideas, and application sections. Ideal for use in teacher team professional development.
2nd - 12th
CCSS
CCRA.R.10
Differentiated Family Biography Project
This project offers a menu of choices for each of these three categories: research, writing, and presentation, with choice components in each category that appeal to students' interests and preferred learning/presentation styles. I use this project as a culmination to my non-fiction research project (which focuses on non-fiction text features, informational text research, and informational writing). It is a perfect anchor type activity that can be accomplished alongside other instruction (I ru
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.3
, CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.7
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Stellaluna - What a Character!
The purpose of this reading experience with STELLALUNA, by Janell Cannon, is to practice identifying details in text that make characters different or similar to other characters. While determining traits that make characters alike or different, students will also learn ways that bats are like and different from birds.
2nd - 4th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading
CCSS
RL.3.3
12-Day Mini-lesson Unit on Commonly Confused Words - Includes Quiz
Choosing the wrong word for the writing purpose is a common error. This unit provides twelve days of practice analyzing similarities and differences between some of the most commonly confused words utilizing YouTube video lessons and Venn diagrams. Procedure: 1. Students get the day’s handout and fill in what they already know about the similarities and differences between the words presented on their Venns. 2. Individually, or a s a class, students view the linked video lessons and fill in
4th - 8th
English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.L.4
Autobiography VS. Biography - What's the Difference?
Two paired passages (one and excerpt taken directly from Ralph Fletcher's MARSHFIELD DREAMS and one and adaptation of that same passage written as biography rather than autobiography) are presented so that teachers and students may analyze the differences between autobiographical writing and biographical writing, aiding students in recognizing, interpreting, and writing both genres.
5th - 8th
Close Reading, Informational Text, Writing-Expository
CCSS
CCRA.W.7
, CCRA.W.10
, CCRA.SL.4
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Experience
YouTube Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/CarolMcNally
Mom of four;
Granny to six ;
Sunday school teacher 10+ years ;
Public school teacher (Title 1, middle school ELA regular education and support classes) 20+ years...retired ;
Literacy Coach ;
Instructional Coach ;
School improvement team member for nearly all of my teaching career;
Author of significant amounts of ELA curriculum for my district, most recently a revision of 6,7, and 8 regular and advanced/accelerated ELA curriculum and supporting documents/materials aligned with CCSS;
Currently ELA teacher in of our district's advanced/accelerated program;
Fellow: National Writing Project
Adjunct Professor: Western Michigan University
Teaching style
Constructivist: I believe that students learn best when they set their own learning goals and discover information for themselves. I use inquiry learning in my classroom as a structure for learning about the time periods from which literature emerges. My classroom is built around individual choice in reading and writing.
Awards & shining teacher moments
2004 Excellence Award for a Professional Development Program - Michigan Association of School Boards;
2008 Annual Recognition Award for Educational Equity - American Association of University Women
My own education history
Bachelor of Science: Business, WMU;
Teaching Certification k-8, English & Language Arts, WMU;
Master's degree: English, WMU;
Certification in Gifted Education, Purdue
Additional biographical information
My focus is on equipping students with strategies for learning. Learning is not remembering;, it is not doing; it is not completing. Learning is developing automaticity with skills and owning concepts to support their journey and success in higher level academics.
I want to support teachers as well with excellent literacy materials for teaching and learning.
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