Learning for the Future

This is a fun reading tracker that can be used with ANY text. The visual of the iceberg as plot development arc promotes higher level analysis than just "what happened" in the story. It also is a great resource to make available after students have been absent and may need to understand the arc of the story to particpate. Students can use this to track their reading of a text, and as a support to prepare for discussion. Or use it as a prewriting organizer for their own creative writing project

IEP writing can be overwhelming. This tool helps to plan high-quality IEPs and to make the drafting process more manageable. This is a "Big Picture" Workbook for writing the core parts of IEPs that typically have to be prepared well in advance of a meeting. The product includes brainstorm lists and tips and reminders. As well as a strategic ordering and checkpoint recommendations that ensure compliance and alignment and the best possible finished product. Use this workbook to keep track

Embed Tier 2 vocabulary instruction in context while teaching Night by Elie Wiesel. This is part 1/2 of Vocabulary posters to be used in conjunction with Night by Elie Wiesel. This product is in alphabetical order to do one word from each letter a day. This product contains letters A-M. Use as a minilesson, daily challenge or to track participation while embedding Tier 2 vocabulary instruction.

Use this graphic organizer as a modeling and teaching tool, planner, or note tracker to scaffold or teach students how to do high-quality literary analysis. I use this to model how a body paragraph should connect at all levels. Have them write a sentence for analysis at each of the three levels: device, text, author, and world.

This PowerPoint minilesson presentation structures a cooperative and inquiry-based kickoff for a bridge engineering unit. This can be used as slides, handouts, or a combination of both. It is necessary to print the notecatcher page to distribute to students It is recommended to have sticky notes, but students can also just use a piece of paper if not available.

Simple balloon car instruction sheet for students to follow.

These cards (4 to a sheet) are used in tandem with with a class discussion. Students can be given the card which contains a definition and the word in context, and are encouraged to use this word in class discussion today. Students can "cash in" the cards as entry warm-ups or exit tickets for participation and vocabulary development formative assessment. The quote utilizes MLA formatting, which can be used as a model for in-text citations. These can also be used as word wall material.

Cut apart and use these visually appealing cards to give to students as tickets to use during class discussion or in their writing. Once a student uses the word correctly, I collect the ticket and use as a grade, track discussion participation, to award points towards an incentive, or to display on a word wall. These can also be used as warm-ups or exit tickets where students can use the word in a sentence on the back of the card.