NCTE Middle Level Section Slow Chat by K. Smith https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn In March, April, August, September, October, and November, we will use Padlet to post a prompt each month related to trends and issues in middle level ELA. The Padlet will be open for responses in written, pictorial, video, and audio formats. It will also have options for comments and likes. We envision this slow chat as a forum for sharing knowledge, encouraging innovation, and co-constructing our middle level section community. We invite your participation en-us 2023-03-04 17:14:23 UTC 2025-11-19 06:30:51 UTC hello@padlet.com How will we combat ChatGPT? What instructional changes are necessary to assist students in writing and using their own voice, opinions, and research? https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533689994 2023-03-27 20:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533689994 https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533691645 How do the kids realize that the things they are learning are essential? They need this stuff to function in society. However, they do not feel that it is essential. ]]> 2023-03-27 20:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533691645 Our instructional schedule will change from 45 minute classes everyday to 75 minute classes every other day. Over the course of the year, we will lose 10 instructional hours with this new schedule. However, there will be a shared 30 minute block every other day with shared English skills being taught by all educators. What skills would you deem as essential that any educator could teach during this time? We have thought about background building, research, shared novel, nonfiction reading and annotating, writing to a prompt, writing with editing, and perhaps presentation skills. Any thoughts or experience with a block like this? https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533695176 2023-03-27 20:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533695176 How do we address late-emerging reading difficulties when most middle grades teachers have not been trained in how to teach students to read? https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533705906 2023-03-27 20:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533705906 https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533742960 How do we cope with the banning of books and inability to truly teach ELA in a state where we could be charged with a felony for doing what we were hired to do?]]> 2023-03-27 20:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533742960 Students present with significant deficits in reading comprehension! https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533757000 2023-03-27 20:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533757000 How to incorporate AI such as ChatGPT into education as it is not going to go away. Will need to educate ourselves and our students on its use to enhance skills as well as how it can help students who struggle in ELA sshackladywhite2_1 https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533940811 2023-03-27 22:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533940811 How to navigate the political climate existing in the school and local community? Especially how to manage how we respond to the handful of legal guardians/families who are being the squeaky wheels and are in the minority but being listened to by those in authority in schools and local government. sshackladywhite2_1 https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533946325 2023-03-27 22:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533946325 How to work more collaboratively with families to support youth in their ELA skill development sshackladywhite2_1 https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533948885 2023-03-27 22:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533948885 Pandemic Just Beginning https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533972595 We are just beginning to teach middle school students who have been most impacted by the COVID shutdown. What we thought were developmentally appropriate needs to be re-examined in the ELA/Middle field. ]]> 2023-03-27 22:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2533972595 How do we adjust our teaching and understanding to reflect the research of the Science of Reading? ajennings42 https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2534851564 2023-03-28 11:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2534851564 Q. 2 - April is National Poetry Month. How have you studied, explored, created, and/or celebrated poetry in your middle level ELA classroom this month? kristiesmith010 https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2557457085 2023-04-17 18:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2557457085 Q. 3 - What titles are on your professional reading list? Please share titles you are reading or hope to read soon that might (a) strengthen and encourage us as middle level educators practicing in a difficult context and/or (b) strengthen our community in the middle level section. kristiesmith010 https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2557458825 2023-04-17 18:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kristiesmith010/kwzs4ulm0xt53qcn/wish/2557458825