Dabbledoo Music has changed how I teach Music in my classroom. In a recent post I mentioned how Music is one of the subjects I am NOT confident in teaching. Without a musical note in my head, Dabbledoomusic has equipped me with the tools I need to teach: 1) High quality Music lessons. 2) A… Read More How to teach a quality Music Lesson: DabbledooMusic.
So here goes the first of these posts: I am a teacher and I have had a bad lesson observation. This post is aimed at anyone who has had a bad lesson observation/inspection (or in my case a few) and looking for ways to find motivation to pick themselves back up. ‘I am a teacher… Read More A bad lesson observation: advice for teachers
From a very young age, I adored being read to. My parents always had a wide range of children’s books which they would read to us each night before bed. One of my fondest memories is listening to my Dad read a story and putting on the most outrageous voices for each character. I distinctly… Read More A Guide to Promoting a Love of Reading
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
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!
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
Congratulations teachers and student teachers- we’ve made it to Spring! (Just about, on my behalf). I love sharing my March/Spring resources, especially when they’re based around ST. PATRICK’S DAY! Seeing as I’m an Irish Teacher living abroad, teaching international children about St. Patrick’s Day is so exciting for me. I like to make sure I… Read More St. Patrick’s Day: Classroom Activities
I love receiving messages on Instagram from people, asking about what there is to do in Qatar. There was keen interest on my Instagram about ‘Weekends in Doha’ so I decided to put a little post together, outlining some of the things you can do when you’re not teaching. Or alternatively, if you’re traveling to… Read More Weekends in Doha: What you could do.