Words Worthy of Investigation
Teachers need to help students to be able to understand when they need to look deeper at a word. There are 4 reasons to spend time looking at a word.…
Concept Maps with Technological Versatility
I have facilitated a workshop for teachers on using technology in the classroom for teaching English Language Arts. When I was preparing the workshop, I wanted to have the teachers…
Encouraging Curiosity and Questioning
Gallery walks in a classroom mimic what would happen when a person visits an art gallery or museum. Most often, the visitor goes from picture to picture, or exhibit to…
Big Book Ideas: Digging Deep into Reading
Thanks to Penny Kittle's inspiring professional development in June of 2015, I was enticed to implement her idea of Big Book Ideas in a few different classrooms. She writes about…
Making Connections When Reading: Why is it Important?
Today, I was teaching and we were discussing a book I had wrote a themed reader response on. Students were to examine the criteria and discuss whether or not I…