Palm Stories are short stories that students write using nothing more than the palm of their hand, and a little bit of imagination. Teachers ask students to close their eyes and picture a number of different things, making point form notes along the way. At the end of their meditative journey, they will have the … Continue reading Writing a Palm Story: Ideation for Creative Writing
Before you begin to write a Choose Our Way tale, like the Choose Your Own Adventure books you grew up with, you need to create a foundation where students understand the importance of allowing choice. So rarely are students taught to consider themselves as an active participant while reading, it may require a full class … Continue reading Writing Chooseable Path Stories with Your Students
Point Evidence Explanation paragraphs have all three requirements for supporting an opinion. The point is what the writer believes, the evidence is what the writer is using to prove their belief is true, and the explanation is an explanation of how the evidence supports the point. I use the following activity as a diagnostic to assess Reading and Writing knowledge. It … Continue reading Alligator River: Point Evidence Explanation Paragraphs
Now that you have learned all there is to learn about Google Forms you may want to print physical hardcopies of the tutorial. Feel free to distribute my sheets for non-commercial purposes. DOWNLOADS Google Forms - Tutorial Book - WhatBinder.pdf PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO GOOGLE FORMS PART 2: CREATING A BASIC GOOGLE FORM PART 3: … Continue reading Google Forms Downloadable Resources
Now that you have familiarized yourself with pixton you may want to print physical hardcopies of the tutorial, or the student tutorial sheet. You can use the links below to download the resources. Feel free to distribute my sheets for non-commercial purposes. Downloads Pixton - Teacher Guide Pixton - Student Guide Part 1: Pixton Comic … Continue reading Pixton – Downloadable Resources
Inklewriter is a piece of web-based software that allows you to write Choose Our Way tale (COWtale) stories. What is a Choose Our Way tale? It’s a story where you get to make choices that affect what happens. You may have read some when you were younger. They were along the lines of – “If … Continue reading Teaching with Inklewriter
Now that you have familiarized yourself with Literature Circles, and how they run, you may find yourself in need of assignments and handouts to provide to your students. Feel free to distribute my sheets for non-commercial purposes. Downloads Literature Circles - The Complete Package Role Sheets Project-Based Assignment Daily Journaling Topics Part 1: Literature Circles … Continue reading Literature Circles – Resources
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