What Are Context Clues? Context clues are the words, phrases, or sentences around an unfamiliar word that help readers figure out its meaning. Connected Skills There are several skills that depend on students first mastering context clues. When students can unlock word meaning, they can think more deeply and respond more accurately across the entireContinue reading “Connected Skills Series(Part 1): Context Clues”
Author Archives: Jeremiah Short
Explicit ELA: Discussing Language
What Is Explicit ELA? Explicit ELA is a structured, mastery-based approach to reading and writing instruction. It focuses on teaching skills directly and intentionally—moving from word-level, to sentence-level, to paragraph and text-level tasks so students clearly see how everything connects. The framework blends: Students learn not only what to do, but how to think—building metacognition,Continue reading “Explicit ELA: Discussing Language”
Explicit ELA: A Model for Revising and Editing Mastery
What is Bloom’s Taxonomy? Bloom’s Taxonomy is a framework for classifying educational objectives, originally developed by Benjamin Bloom and his colleagues in 1956. It includes six levels of thinking: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, evaluation, and creation (though I personally prefer the term synthesis). Many of the skills students learn are grounded in this rigor matrixContinue reading “Explicit ELA: A Model for Revising and Editing Mastery”
Effective Elements of Plot Instruction: Bloom’s Taxonomy Approach
Elements Of Plot (Knowledge/Comprehension) Intro: Over the past few years, I’ve developed a method to teach Elements of Plot in an explicit but engaging way. A differentiated approach which follows Bloom’s Taxonomy progression. In this article, I’ll share scaffolds, engagement strategies and the overall (Hattie) effect size for teaching Elements of Plot using the routine.Continue reading “Effective Elements of Plot Instruction: Bloom’s Taxonomy Approach”
Phenomenal Recap: Inclusive Practices Conference
Date(s): June 11th-12th Where: Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel Tuesday and Wednesday, I had the pleasure of attending the Inclusive Practices Conferences hosted by Region IV. The event had several keynotes and breakout sessions, which left you inspired. Day 1 1st Keynote: Teaching to Capture and Inspire All Learners Speaker: Dr. Stephen Peters Dr. Peters, a formerContinue reading “Phenomenal Recap: Inclusive Practices Conference”
Mastering Inferencing: A Differentiated Approach
Inference (Application/Analyze) Intro: Over the past few years, I’ve developed a method to teach Inferencing(Background Knowledge + What’s In The Text) explicitly. A differentiated approach which follows Bloom’s Taxonomy progression. In this article, I’ll share scaffolds, engagement strategies and the overall (Hattie) effect size of each lesson. Terms To Know Bloom’s Taxonomy: A rigor matrixContinue reading “Mastering Inferencing: A Differentiated Approach”
#WisdomWednesday: Meet The Target
Early in the school year, I told my students that our first goal-In ELA(English/Language Arts) was to reach District-Level performance and then perform above that level. I didn’t want them to be the best class in their school but in the District. Mind you, this is a group which started at 56 percent pass rate,Continue reading “#WisdomWednesday: Meet The Target”
Phenomenal Instruction: A Guide To Reading Intervention
Intro: Education is experiencing a shift from the Balanced Literacy(Small Group) to the Structured Literacy(Whole Group) model. No longer can Teachers/Reading Interventionists say that they looked at a Letter and then follow a rote script. Now, practitioners analyze, evaluate and synthesize data and then implement interventions. With that in mind, I put together “A GuideContinue reading “Phenomenal Instruction: A Guide To Reading Intervention”
Phenomenal Teacher: My Interviews
Over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure to get interviewed by a few podcasters. Here they are in one place. Pedagogy Non-Grata Interview Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/interview-with-jeremiah-short-the-intersection/id1448225801?i=1000580864925 Human Chapters YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm2-gVaVpcA Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-phenomenal-teacher-a-conversation-with-jeremiah/id1562193321?i=1000607325440 The Literacy View YouTube: https://youtu.be/OosG-lZEcXY Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-one-about-seeking-structured-literacy-in-a/id1614519794?i=1000615389578 Garforth Education YouTube: https://youtu.be/tv4xWn7LWa0 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/jeremiah-short-my-journey/id1621164891?i=1000618813540
Phenomenal Planning: Make Sure To After-Plan
Intro: In part 1(Mapping A Unit) and part 2(Lesson Design, Not Lesson Plan) of my lesson plan series, I wrote about how to create a proper lesson plan. Today, I’ll detail the three-step process to successfully review those units. How To After-Plan 1. Calculate Effect Size: A new added component of the review method. AfterContinue reading “Phenomenal Planning: Make Sure To After-Plan”
The Phenomenal Student 