8th Grade Reading… A Complete 6-Week Unit for House on Mango Street 1 Dec 20151 Dec 2015 Am I joking? No. This is not a joke! Here is a 6-week plan for House on Mango Street that you can easily view and download here: Complete 6 Week House on…
8th Grade Reading… Figurative Language Challenge 21 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 What's better to middle and high school students than a game/competition/individual challenge? (The answer is nothing). That's why I wanted to create an extension activity and figurative language activity that…
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… Learning Targets & Lesson Planning 17 Nov 201518 Nov 2015 At the start of every week, I post our plan and learning targets. Sometimes these targets even change daily! This is a simple way I plan for my classes, keep…
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… Week 10 – Mock Sub Notes and Overplanning 7 Nov 20157 Nov 2015 I wasn't able to be in class on Friday due to a doctor's appointment, so to prepare myself for my future teaching career, I created mock sub notes for my…
6th Grade Reading… Someone Else’s Shoes 29 Oct 20151 Dec 2015 Another extension activity! This time I made the students think creatively and outside the box. Continue reading "Someone Else’s Shoes"
6th Grade Reading… Extension Activities 28 Oct 20151 Dec 2015 With Standards-Based Grading, students may be at completely different levels of learning. There might be a student completely finished writing her narrative, while another boy is just finishing up his…
