May 30, 2023
You may have seen the meme/gif going around with this word on it. What a perfect way to describe how many of us feel at the end of the school year! I'm sharing three ideas for what you can do when you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and overstimulated.
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May 16, 2023
How do we finish the year well when we're so tired? What should we choose to push forward on and what do we ease up on? Here are six things I'm doing at the end of the year to keep learning continuing in the classroom and reviewing material already learned. Ideas include:
May 9, 2023
I’ve often found it challenging to find books that I love to use with my older students so I created this fairy tale project to use possibly familiar stories in a way that allows students to work together to create short speech pieces/raps and put together an entire classroom performance, if you desire.
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May 2, 2023
Calligrams are a word or part of a text where the design and layout of the letters or words create a visual image that relates to the word themselves. They can be created using one phrase, individual words, song lyrics, poems, or specific text.
In today's episode, you'll hear four ideas for using calligrams in the...
May 1, 2023
This past week I spent time backpacking in the Smoky Mountains with my seventh grade students. Here are five lessons I learned in the woods that apply to teaching at the end of the year (or anytime really!)
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