Blended learning

I will be the first to admit that I LOVE cute… I love when things match… I love using colors to code EVERYTHING… I love when things just work like magic… but most of all, I love when SIMPLE things increase engagement, and therefore help my students. I have a pretty fantastic collection of tools I use for Guided Reading groups. Every class, and even every small group, responds differently to the “tools”. So some years, I use a variety, and some years I stick with one or two that are best. You…

Free directions for students on how to access a Zoom conference meeting! They come in both a Google Slides and PDF format.

Yesterday we spent the afternoon blowing up balloons and decorating for our church’s Family Game Night. It was a HUGE…

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning and Daytime Emmy-nominated children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams imaginatively produced videos feat...

Go Digital! Have you been wondering how can you digitize your worksheets in Google Classroom? Then this blog post is for you! I’m going to share 7 ways that you can take a regular old worksheet and turn it into a digital version! This is perfect if you have a copy limit or need to save paper! It’s also great for 1 to 1 classes

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Paper models of platonic solids

I love Thursday Throwndown at I'm Lovin' Lit because I am always on the hunt for interactive teaching ideas for my special needs students who crave it! My small contribution this week has to do with text features. We are in the countdown towards our state reading testing. So I am focusing on skills that the students performed poorly on in the last county benchmark assessment. First up is text features. As the students entered my room, they were given a sticky note with a text feature word on…

Go Digital! Have you been wondering how can you digitize your worksheets in Google Classroom? Then this blog post is for you! I’m going to share 7 ways that you can take a regular old worksheet and turn it into a digital version! This is perfect if you have a copy limit or need to save paper! It’s also great for 1 to 1 classes

Trying to figure out Remote Learning? This free workshop will teach you how to use regular resources and technologies to make it happen. Distance...

There are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Interactives Galore.” You can see others at A Collection Of…

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas––superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.

Students need to be taught how to read complex texts. One of the strategies for learning how is close reading . It slows the reader down t...

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