Book Club… Contemporary Music & Reading 24 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 “Hey, can I talk to you for a minute?” I pulled one of my Book Club students aside after class. He had been dozing on and off the entire thirty…
8th Grade Reading… “Louie, His Cousin and His Other Cousin” – Report Writing 17 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Today my eighth graders read "Louie, His Cousin, and His Other Cousin." In this vignette, we're introduced to a family of cousins that live on Esperanza's block (one of which…
6th Grade Reading… How Do I Research? 9 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 My sixth graders are going to begin a short research activity to prepare them for a larger research project on wolves the following two weeks. For this short research activity,…
8th Grade Reading… Teaching Figurative Language! 6 Nov 20153 Dec 2015 Figurative language is so complicated, yet so much fun! I created this AMAZING (okay, I might be bragging just a little, but I'm super excited!) resource to teach students. It is…
8th Grade Reading… What the Heck is a Vignette? 4 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 To introduce my students to House on Mango Street, I knew I had to teach them about the book's format: vignettes.Continue reading "What the Heck is a Vignette?"
8th Grade Reading… Intro to House on Mango Street – WebQuest 3 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 As my eighth graders were finishing up their collaborative discussions on people who have persevered, I wanted to transition into the next unit--House on Mango Street--so I created a WebQuest…
