8th Grade Reading… Teaching Figurative Language! 6 Nov 20153 Dec 2015 Figurative language is so complicated, yet so much fun! I created this AMAZINGÂ (okay, I might be bragging just a little, but I'm super excited!) resource to teach students. It is…
8th Grade Reading… Hunger Games – Scaffolded Notes 20 Oct 201527 Oct 2015 I stepped into this placement at Forest City Middle School while my eighth grade students were in the middle/end of reading Hunger Games. This was a difficult spot to enter,…
Assignments… Compare & Contrast – Tuesdays with Morrie Movie 15 Oct 201519 Oct 2015 My kids finished reading Tuesdays with Morrie! Yay! To complete the unit, I wanted the students to watch the movie and to compare the book and the movie--understanding literature through multiple…
Assignments… “Graduation” and “Conclusion” Scaffolded Notes 9 Oct 201519 Oct 2015 After reading aloud and realizing that my students were struggling with comprehension, I decided to create a set of scaffolded notes for them to take home over the weekend and…
High School… TKAM – Ch. 1 & 2 8 Oct 201519 Oct 2015 There's a lot going on in the first few chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird. To help my students with their comprehension and understanding, I had them use a study…