Learn Create Inspire
Sharing successes and challenges through teaching while becoming a (hopefully) published author.
Exploring Storytelling: Accidentally Creating Comics (Part 1?)
We are exploring different ways of telling stories in my classroom. This blog post outlines how making creatures with playdough ended up becoming a comic using Book Creator….and being woven into our storytelling unit. It was a powerful way to combine tactile learning, storytelling, and technology. This activity was filled with student voice and voice, as well as having an authentic audience. The engagement was high and I had fun!
Making Learning Visible: Reading Comprehension through Class Novels
Readers Request (sort of). This post generally outlines the final activities my class did with the novel Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. I also focus on shifting reading comprehension activities and assessment when sharing a class novel. One visual map assignment is broken down to explore how visuals can demonstrated deeper comprehension.
Are you assessing ideas or printing? Decriminalize supports!
Are you wanting to assess ideas but kids in your class have trouble sharing their thinking in writing? This post will give you a few low-tech supports for kids and walk through using voice-to-text to support your students in expressing their ideas more clearly with confidence. We need to decriminalize supports in the classroom to support all learners.