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16 Easy, Low-Key Activities for End-of-the-Year ELA that Aren’t Movies
The end of the year is upon us, and it can be a slow, slow crawl to the finish line. Grades are due and kids are checked out and admin has sent out yet another ‘friendly reminder’ about keeping kids learning until the last…
How to Get Students Reading on Day One of Class
The last few days I’ve talked a lot about building a classroom library from scratch. If you don’t have a classroom library, get one! The benefit to your students as readers is simply unparalleled. But how can you start the year off right to…
#TechTuesday: Engage Students with e-Chat on Backchannel
Don’t you just love it when your students really get engaged in a discussion? The ideas are bouncing off each other, students are respectfully disagreeing or asking follow-up questions, and the collaborative learning is just lighting up all over the place! If whole-class discussions…
Definitive Guide to Classroom Libraries for the New Teacher, Part 4: Maintaining Your Library
Now that you’ve got stacks of books (Part 1 & Part 2) and something to put them on (Part 3), let’s talk maintaining a library in a classroom of anywhere from 18 to 150 students! (High school teachers, mad respect for all that grading….
Definitive Guide to Classroom Libraries for the New Teacher, Part 3: Organizing Books
Welcome to Part 3 of my series on starting a classroom library from scratch as a new teacher! In Part 1, I discussed how to begin searching for titles your students will love, no matter what grade you teach. In Part 2, I listed…
Definitive Guide to Classroom Libraries for the New Teacher, Part 2: Collecting Books
Alternatively: How to Win Books and Influence Readers In Part 1 of this series, I talked a bit about the immense value of having a personal library in your classroom, and I explored some ways to figure out what those crazy young whippersnappers are…
Definitive Guide to Classroom Libraries for the New Teacher, Part 1: Choosing Books
I can’t emphasize enough the impact of a good classroom library. There is nothing more powerful than instantly greeting a student who has just finished a book with, “Here is another one I think you’ll like,” or “I saw this book and thought of…
