One of the most frequently asked questions on my Instagram account is: “Can you save money in Qatar?” Lately, I’ve read posts claiming that the days of earning lots of money in the Middle East are long gone! I disagree…big time. In this post, I’ll outline some ways to maximize your savings as a teacher… Read More 5 Ways Teachers can save Money in Qatar
As mentioned in previous posts, Whole Class Guided Reading: Scratching the Surface and Making a Start and Teaching Essential Reading Skills Beyond the Words, teaching inference skills to children is very complex and takes a lot of patience and guidance. To “infer” information from a text requires an awful lot of higher-order thinking, to which a lot of… Read More Teaching Inference through Pictures
If you’re a teacher and moving to Doha in the coming months, then one of your most burning questions is probably: “what’s the accommodation like?” Considering it’s where you’ll live for the next year, it’s pretty important. In this post, I’ll highlight the general package when it comes to accommodation and also share pictures of… Read More Staff Accommodation in Doha
As you may have noticed, I’ve mainly focused my attention on reading this term in my classroom. I’ve invested my spare time into researching and trying out different methods to hone in on these very important reading skills that my kids are struggling with. This post will shed light on some of the different ways… Read More Teaching Essential Reading Skills Beyond the Words
A very informative post! Thanks for sharing!
As the sticky hot weather returns to Doha, I have been reflecting on the past few weekends and all of the activities I could do as the weather has been so lovely. From November to April, the weather in Qatar is beautiful- meaning that the people who live here can enjoy life outdoors before the… Read More The Best Things to do in Doha in the Spring
In my past two posts Guided Reading: How and Why and Whole Class Guided Reading: Scratching the Surface and Making a Start, I have scratched the surface on how I approach Whole Class Guided Reading. In this post, I am to outline exactly how a week of lessons look in my class from planning to activities, to… Read More Whole Class Guided Reading: A Week Of
As the title suggests, I’m making a start at teaching Whole Class Guided Reading, having read many different blog posts and articles on this strategy. To be perfectly honest, I was never a big fan of “The Carousel” for Guided Reading, as I found most of the children weren’t actually reading or improving their reading… Read More Whole Class Guided Reading: Scratching the Surface and Making a Start
One of the areas of teaching that took me longest to get my head around when I was an NQT and RQT was Guided Reading. No matter how in-depth I read the plan, no matter how many lessons I observed, I just couldn’t make it work in my class. How did I keep the rest of the class on… Read More Guided Reading: How and Why
As it’s World Book Day today, I feel I should put together a post of how we celebrated World Book Week (back in October). In Qatar, we do things a little differently and celebrated ‘Book Week’ for an entire week, engaging in book related activities! It was a lot of fun and really promoted a… Read More World Book Day: What we did.
