jonpickles

This file contains a kit to make simple posters of the six signposts from Beers's & Probst's Notice & Note program. It also contains a complete presentation and explanation of each of the signposts for use in your classroom. Best of all, it's free! I hope you've discovered Notice & Note by now. It's an excellent strategy for analyzing fiction and contains elements of text coding, annotation, and close reading. If you're like me, making posters is too time consuming and messy (I have terrible

This zip file contains materials needed to run literature circles in elementary and middle school classrooms. The six primary jobs have been refined (each job has its own worksheet). Support material for choosing books, planning the reading schedule and jobs rotation is also included. There are video links to help establish classroom decorum and evaluation forms for the groups to complete. Book report choices are provided as are exemplars of some of the many interdisciplinary choices. A sto

This is the free promo video for my new product The Reader's Trace which is a handbook for teachers who wish to use text coding and annotating to boost engagement and reading comprehension in the classroom. Included in the program are quick-start guides, an extensive library of text codes, all the forms and worksheets I use in my classroom, and differentiated stories for practice. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Close-Reading-Program-Text-Codes-Annotations-The-Readers-Trace-407482

This is a free video preview for all elementary, middle grades, and secondary teachers, regardless of discipline. Provide your students explicit instruction in the many forms of knowledge and reinforce the fact that all concepts have interdisciplinary aspects.

This ain't yo daddy's plot diagram! This is the most advanced and best story mountain available. I've fused the traditional plot diagram (Freytag's Pyramid) with a three-level story mountain to inspire thematic exploration in fictional and non-fictional narratives. This video will get you started today!