Creating A Class Motto Using Hilda Taba's model of inductive thinking, use your students' prior knowledge to develop a statement about expected class behavior.
Rewrite It, But Don’t Use “E” Here's an interesting way to move students past mundane patterns in their writing. Ask for a rewrite, but without a letter (or two).
Remix Poetry: Christmas To Thanksgiving Let’s remix a famous Christmas poem, give it a Thanksgiving theme, and teach our students advanced poetry concepts at the same time
Patterns In Writing I: Introduction Take a break from teaching the details of writing and examine narrative writing from a larger perspective. How can structure increase creativity in writing? Take your gifted writers on a journey through common patterns in narrative writing.
Remix the Song “Help!” Students took the classic song, Help!, and rewrote it to be about their collective summers.
A Playlist That Shows A Character’s Change Here's how I'd take one task from my choice board and focus on making it great!
Word Pyramids – A Delightful Vocabulary Puzzle A fun, abstract vocab puzzle in which students can add one letter per line, forming a pyramid of words.
Going Beyond “Challenge Words” In Spelling Many students blow past grade-level spelling and vocabulary at a young age. Unfortunately, a common technique to "challenge" them is to find harder and more obscure words for their spelling list. Instead, let's take advantage of the built-in complexity of common words with multiple-meanings.
