English Notebook
Do you use Interactive Notebooks in your class? I first heard of this teaching tool about ten years ago when I had the opportunity to attend an Avid two-day training. The teacher who taught the class was an AP science…
Read More »Do you use Interactive Notebooks in your class? I first heard of this teaching tool about ten years ago when I had the opportunity to attend an Avid two-day training. The teacher who taught the class was an AP science…
Read More »As you probably already know, the first two weeks of school are crucial in setting the right tone for the year. If a positive classroom climate isn’t created, where students don’t feel accepted, safe, and respected, it makes for one…
Read More »School starts in two weeks and while my mind is still in summer mode, I am starting to think about the beginning of the year. This is the plan I have for the first two weeks of school. My students…
Read More »“People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.” -Malcolm X At the beginning of each year, I spend close to a week talking about independent reading with my students. To me, it’s worth investing the…
Read More »I have some book recommendations for you! They aren’t grouped by a particular theme or genre; this month’s recommendations are books I’ve read this month and enjoyed. They are also books I’ve book talked in my classroom and had many…
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