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Sharing successes and challenges through teaching while becoming a (hopefully) published author.
Self Talk & Emotions: Three activities to explore 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers
Using literature to unpack self talk and build class community is powerful. Three more activities to do with 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers. I also share a few ideas for how I design lessons linked to books I am reading. Making a novel do double or triple duty in the intermediate classroom makes engagement with the text even deeper.
54 Things Wrong With…how kids have been talked about!
I introduced the book 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter today. This book is amazing and hard. It is one of the Surrey School Book of the Year Nominees for 2022/23.
The activity I did to introduce the book broke my heart. I learned so much about how kids see themselves as well as how they think adults see them. This post reflects on the lesson and my learning.
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.
The Class Novel: Designing engaging activities linked to class books (Part 1..maybe?)
Reading a class novel can be a powerful way to model language and to design mini lessons. This post explores how I choose books, start to design lessons, and it also provides a sample lesson for the book Out of My Mind. This might be the start of a series—if people are interested.