instructional activity – Love and Literacy

Creating Meaningful Assignments during Corona

Like all teachers right now, I am learning how to teach remotely on the fly. While our school/district already had a lot of pieces in place to make things go smoothly: 1-to-1 iPads for the entire district, regular Google Classroom use in our building, two years of serious equity training, teaming at the middle schoolContinue reading “Creating Meaningful Assignments during Corona”

Book Speed Dating

I typically start the school year with a whole class read, but after reading 180 Days by Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle I decided to establish our independent reading for the first few weeks and then jump into the whole class novel later. That left me wondering what I can do to get the kidsContinue reading “Book Speed Dating”