Ah! It’s one of the most wonderful times of the year - Winter Break! Now that I have made it to Winter Break, I wanted to take time to acknowledge that December is a busy time of year. My students had a week off of school for Thanksgiving break and returned to three jam packed … Continue reading The School Holiday Calendar
The school district that I work for implemented one student-to-one device six years ago. I began my first year of teaching during the second year of the one-to-one implementation. My teaching journey with a one-to-one environment has been a mixture of diving right in and slight hesitations in regards to the feasibility of some of … Continue reading Presenting at i-Innovate
As the final formal writing piece of the school year students wrote a book review on their book club book. The school district I work for utilizes a curriculum that provides “boxed” reading and writing units that implement the workshop model of instruction, one of the units assigned to my grade level is a book … Continue reading Creating Book Reviews in Writers Workshop
After four weeks of time in class for the independent reading of their book club books and completion of weekly check-in notes, students were presented with the next phase of our World War II book clubs: an independent project. Student choice is important to me when assigning reading projects. I knew that I wanted to … Continue reading Book Clubs Independent Project
“I love this” - an actual quote from a seventh-grade student as he met with his book club. I told the student I would be quoting him; he smirked at me and said, “go ahead, this is going to be fun!” My teacher heart was so full. Getting middle schoolers excited about reading is one … Continue reading Cultivating Student Choice in Reading with Book Clubs
