Dear Gaila - Encouraging Writing in the Classroom
Dear Gaila, In the past Dear Gaila columns you offered great suggestions for encouraging writing in English at home (see part I and part...
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Dear Gaila - How to Encourage your Child to Write (Part II)
Dear Gaila, Before Pesach my son's teacher suggested that we work on his writing skills. Pesach vacation is already halfway over and all...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - The Concept of "Is"
Dear Gaila, I have a weekly remedial teaching session with a weak Hebrew speaker. I use Reading Rocks! (which is excellent, by the way)....
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Dear Gaila - The Best Spelling Trick Ever
Dear Gaila, How can I teach my students to spell "crazy English words"? Words that just don't make any sense because they don't follow...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Reading with Phonics - Drill it! (Part III)
As many teachers, parents and students know - the best way to learn to read is with phonics. There are two parts to teaching students how...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Reading with Phonics - How? (Part II)
Last week I explained why children need to learn to read with phonics. However, with all due respect to the theory, how do we translate...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Reading with Phonics - Why? (Part I)
Very often people ask me which is the best way to teach - sight words or phonics? My answer - BOTH but start with phonics! Why is it...
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Dear Gaila - To Reward and How to Reward - Those are the Questions (Part III)
In this series I've discussed the reasons for rewarding students and last week I explained about the worth of the rewards. This week I'll...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - To Reward and How to Reward - Those are the Questions (Part II)
Last week I shared with you my concern about rewarding and giving children so much candy and junk food. I do believe in rewarding...
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Dear Gaila - To Reward and How to Reward - Those are the Questions (Part I)
I admit I don't usually read or quote Hebrew articles. However, Yedidyah Meir wrote an article in Be'Shevah newspaper after Simchat Torah...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Academic Fair 2016
This week, in lieu of a Dear Gaila column, I'm going to share with you the details of this year's Academic Fair. A.H.A.V.A.'s Academic...
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