Teaching Generation Next

This engaging novel, The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds, will really get your students thinking. It’s perfect to engage students in higher order thinking and discussion activities. This is also a great novel to teach the skill of using evidence from the text to support opinions. This unit can be used to teach the novel as an entire class, in literature circles or individually. I have NOT included lesson plans in this unit. How long it takes will really depend on how much reading studen

These little puzzles are fabulous as a bell ringer, especially while doing distance learning.  Word or “Rebus” puzzles are great activities for students.  My students love to figure out these puzzles.  This product is perfect for individual, group or whole class work.  You can use them as bell ringers, small group tasks or individual worksheets.  It is also a great substitute lesson that the kids will love. My ELL students are challenged by these puzzles, but love to figure them out and practice

This novel study for Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead includes both print and digital versions.  Directions on how to edit the novel study are also included.  40 pages of student work along with  complete answer keys.  This novel study is divided into 5 sections- Prologue & Ch 1-3, Ch 4-7, Ch 8-10, Ch 11-12, Ch 13-16 & Epilogue. Pre-readingTable of Contents Anticipatory Questions Meet the Author Character Chart 5 Parts of a Plot Each section includes:Vocabulary words and definitions Vocabular

This engaging novel, ALL AMERICAN BOYS by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, will really get your students thinking. It’s perfect to engage students in higher order thinking and discussion activities. This is also a great novel to teach the skill of using evidence from the text to support opinions. This unit can be used to teach the novel as an entire class, in literature circles or individually. I have NOT included lesson plans in this unit. How long it takes will really depend on how much read

This engaging novel, AMONG THE HIDDEN by Margaret Peterson Haddix, will really get your students thinking. It’s perfect to engage students in higher order thinking and discussion activities. This is also a great novel to teach the skill of using evidence from the text to support opinions. This unit can be used to teach the novel as an entire class, in literature circles or individually. I have NOT included lesson plans in this unit. How long it takes will really depend on how much reading stude

Do you get tired of creating all of your own slides from scratch? I know sometimes, I spend way more time creating my slide deck templates than I should. I thought I would share this one with everyone. You can edit the slides (the content) not the background to suit your needs. I've included a wide range: Title slides, review slides, group discussion task cards, entry tasks etc. I hope you enjoy it.

Body Biography Freebie Includes: Directions Boy/Girl/Blank versions Analysis WS- to explain the reasoning for choices made on biography Rubric