TED Talk Questionnaire
Love TED Talks in the classroom?! Here is a versatile TED Talk viewer guide! This easy to use worksheet provides students with questions that may be used for any talk! ...
10 things every teacher should know about Google Classroom
Higher Order Questioning using THICK Questions
Thick questions require students to think and search for the answer. Thick questions are high order questioning that can be used as an active reading strategy. Use the posters for a bulletin board to help students formulate higher order questions. Thick questions can be used during whole group, smal...
Being Mindful Can Help With Your Mental And Emotional Health
If you are like most folks today, you are so busy between professional and personal demands that you hardly have a moment to yourself. However, being caught up in the past and future can keep you from enjoying the moment. Being mindful will take diligent...
The Difference Between Inference & Prediction
Differences between Inference and Prediction. Excellent to use when introducing inferences. Students can tell what they know about predictions, and then learn about how inferenceing is different.
Literature Circles
Looking to breathe some life into your lit circle routine? Check out this blog post!!
Start A Fire
Sweet & Spicy Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenders - one of the best things we ate last week. Only 4 simple ingredients - chicken, bacon, brown sugar and chili powder. They only take about 5 minutes to make and are ready to eat in under 30 minutes. Sweet and salty in one bite!
GIVEAWAY, Say Something, Fire Anniversary
It's time for another Five For Friday! Here are five highlights from my week. 1. My colleague showed me a neat guided reading strategy this week that I'm loving. It's called: "Say Something." I really like the strategy because you can see how the students are thinking about their texts and it gives them a tool to help them express more meaningful ideas about their reading. I didn't invent this, I just typed it up to tape to my tables. If you want the free file, click {HERE.} Here's how I use…
You Can Do THAT with PowerPoint?!
Tons and tons of tips on creating digital products on PowerPoint. How to cut shapes from digital papers, how to do font effects... Loads of info!
Free Printables for Literature Circles
Free printables created by Laura Candler to aid teachers with their literacy circles in their classrooms to get students excited about reading.
Lit circles - one of the better sets of "roles" that I have seen. However I would always recommend changing the titles to fit the book you're reading to make it more exciting :)
During Reading Strategies
Pre-reading and post-reading strategies are worthless if students do not retain valuable information while they are reading. However, students may not be successful in comprehending their reading...
How to Host Character MeetUps in Your Classroom: Get 'Em Moving - Then Get 'Em Writing
This is the activity I use to get my eighth-grade students to write riveting character descriptions. #narrative
Table Texting: great way to work on higher level questioning, generating questions and answers based on text, and more
Students Sitting Around Too Much? Try Chat Stations. | Cult of Pedagogy
Students Sitting Around Too Much? Try Chat Stations - Your new favorite teaching strategy: This pared-down version of learning stations keeps the movement, interactivity and variety while minimizing the prep work.