Creating a Digital Book Tasting
This week, my students chose novels for literature circles. Under normal circumstances, I stack piles of books around my classroom and...
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Independent Reading
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Reading Brings Us Closer: How to Implement a Community Read Aloud
It started with First Chapter Fridays. Like many teachers, I was looking for ways to continue connecting with my middle school ELA...
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Five Alternatives to Book Reports Your Students Will Love
Book reports and summaries are a thing of the past. Engage your middle and high school students with five book report alternatives that...
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5 Alternatives to Traditional Reading Comprehension Questions
Tired of asking your students the same old question-and-answer, paper-and-pencil style reading comprehension questions? Here are five...
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Passion Projects for Independent Reading
As teachers, we often feel like in order to get kids learning, we need to be driving the work of learning. Passion projects will prove...
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Drop Everything to Create Readers
"We need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being...
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Google Classroom Book Club: How to engage your student readers online
Imagine being able to encourage your student readers from home. Even better, imagine your student readers encouraging other student...
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Literature Circles
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4 Student Roles for Digital Literature Circles
If you've read my blog posts, you know I love literature circles. I love the freedom and choice they provide students. I love that the...
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4 Essentials for Literature Circles in Google Classroom
I love literature circles. I love giving my students ownership of their learning and choice when picking their novles. I also know that...
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Creating a Digital Book Tasting
This week, my students chose novels for literature circles. Under normal circumstances, I stack piles of books around my classroom and...
5,068 views7 comments
4 min read
5 Alternatives to Traditional Reading Comprehension Questions
Tired of asking your students the same old question-and-answer, paper-and-pencil style reading comprehension questions? Here are five...
13,298 views1 comment
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5 Tips for Planning Literature Circles that Work
Literature circles are engaging, meaningful, and lead students to deeper levels of understanding. Implementing literature circles...
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Everything You Need to Know About Implementing Literature Circles
Literature circles are more than just the latest educational jargon. They're a trend for a reason: literature circles work! They get our...
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