Assignments… Poetry Connections 13 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Making text-to-self connections can be pretty simple when you're working with a story, explanatory text, or short passage. Poetry, on the other hand, can be a challenge. That's why I wanted…
Assignments… Connecting to Holes, by Louis Sachar 5 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Who doesn't like the book Holes, by Louis Sachar? This is one of my favorite books from my elementary/middle school years. And because it's such a good book, I wanted my Book…
Assignments… My Favorite Book 4 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 My Book Club is made of eighth grade Reading Intervention students who really struggle with reading. One of my girls told me, point blank on the first day, "I don't…
Assignments… Making Connections 3 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Today's (and this week's) Book Club topic is making connections, specifically making a Text-to-Self connection. To help my students understand this, I created a presentation and notes sheet.Continue reading "Making…
Book Club… Intro to Making Connections 2 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Today was my first day with my Book Club students, so to get to know them (there's only five!) and to introduce the topic we'd be covering in the first…
Book Club… Connecting to Book Club 22 Oct 201523 Oct 2015 When I started my second placement, my cooperating teacher was in her last week of meeting with the second round of Book Club students. These kids would switch the first…
