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8th grade professional development literature circles for International Baccalaureate
Restorative Practices: Classroom Integration through Academic Peace Circles
Academic Peace Circles fall under the umbrella of Restorative Practices, which evolved from Restorative Justice. The fundamental premise of restorative practices is that people are happier, more cooperative and productive, and more likely to make positive changes when those in authority do things with them, rather than to them or for them.
Using Circles is not new, but applying Circles to an instructional environment allows a teacher to reap the benefits of restorative environment without sa
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education
The Only Road Lit Log (Novel Study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for The Only Road, a realistic fiction by Alexandra Diaz, about a boy and his cousin who flee their Guatemalan village to live with a brother in the United States. Even though this story is fictional, it is like the millions of real immigrants whose "only road" is to travel illegally into the United States. Themes are: immigration, undocumented immigrates, gangs and violence, bravery and fear, family and friendship. This lit log could be used as a guide for direc
Grades:
6th - 9th
The Glass Sentence Novel Study
This is a fantastic novel to read with middle school students or advanced intermediate grade students. The Glass Sentence is the first novel in a trilogy. The novel study includes chapter checks for all 39 chapters, an answer key, mini activity ideas, and a culminating PBL that incorporates Social Studies and Language Arts standards. The novel can be read as a whole class read aloud, independent reading, as a literature circle, or small group book study. There is one page for each chapter and th
Grades:
5th - 8th
Recording templates for Project Zero Thinking Routines
Recording templates to help students engage with thinking routine protocols from Project Zero.
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Prof Development-How to Teach a Common Core Literature Study Unit - For Teachers
This easy to use Powerpoint presentation is for teachers. It teaches in a step-by-step manner how to begin a Common Core Literature Study with your students, and even suggests books to start with.
The presentation includes a Response Journal Form for student use. The form supports students as they make Text to Text, Text to Self, and Text to World connections between the books they study.
Teach your students to talk and write about their thoughts and feelings through the use of high-qual
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Building Literature Circles
Building Literature Circles
is a comprehensive book, with general information as well as an in-depth look at actual classroom experiences and teacher-tested suggestions. Section One discusses the "What, Who, When, Where, Why and How" of Literature Circles. General information about planning, training, getting started, managing the Literature Circle classroom, evaluation and grading is presented in this section of the book. Section Two reveals the anatomy of the Buck-Aydelott Model for a Literatu
Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Making Literature Circles Come Alive
Use literature circles to differentiate instruction using Novice, Developing, and Expert levels. To respond thoughtfully to top level questions, students must understand HOW to engage in high level thinking and questions.
Making Literature Circles Come Alive
lays a solid foundation and provides step-by-step plans and hands-on activities to directly teach students about high level thinking. Includes learning to recognize, develop, and classify high level questions using Bloom's Taxonomy; 12 easy-
Grades:
4th - 9th
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Academic Discussion CONVERSATION Bundle! | Digital Talking Chips SETS 1 & 2
This is a bundle of both Cooperative Learning Structure Talking Chips SET 1- for all grades/ ages and SET 2 - extended thinking prompts! The conversation prompts can be used over and over to increase critical thinking with any content. Students & adults have fun with Digital Talking Chips conversations on Jamboard! The structure requires thoughtful participation in discussion, and gives choice as to which stems/ order to use. The movable Jamboard "chips" or discussion cards are valuable for
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Using Multiple Text Sets in Secondary Classrooms
This presentation was created to showcase how multiple text sets can help a teacher teach difficult concepts and or texts to a wide range of ability levels within a classroom. The presentation also talks about how using multiple text sets can help teachers meet the academic expectations associated with the Common Core State Standards.
Grades:
6th - 12th
BTS: Professional Development: Teach Writing With Mentor Texts, Children's Books
Teaching Writing With Mentor Texts includes children's books I have used successfully in a variety of grade levels to teach writing. Includes a summary of the book, a link for a reading of the book, and suggestions of what writing lessons will work with the books.I taught K-8 pullout Gifted and Talented classes using these books. I also used them to teach high school students. The quality of writing produced varied widely depending on the grade level. The first graders had fun with first person
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Student Self-e Rubric & Guide evaluation
Preview:Assess yourself in terms of class participation, preparation, self-discipline, and attitude using the guide below. You...show engagement in class (attentiveness, interest in learning) in all activitiesalways contribute something to the class discussion and participates (pro-)actively & appropriately actively listens to teacher and classmates...
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literature Circle Role Cards
Quality discussions during Literature Circles require training and these cards will help you do that! These foldable cards, designed to be propped-up like a tent, establish roles for Literature Circles to support students with protocols and topics of conversation. Roles include a Text Director who encourages peers to follow protocols on how to read passages together.a Topics, Tone and Theme Trackera Fortune Teller who, instead of gazing into a crystal ball, encourages students to see the futur
Grades:
5th - 12th
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