From Mary Montero (@teachingwithamountainview on Instagram): 👀 A look back at some of my very favorite and ESSENTIAL lessons about the difference between making literal observations and inferences!
Inspired by our Reinventing Summer Reading survey, SLJ reviews editors and members of the National Council of Teachers of English joined forces to select 141 titles that can reinvigorate the “canon,” or books considered classics by U.S. educators. https://t.co/Nf7qczQApb
Using the right question at the right time can not evaluate understanding but can help students think about what they think. #CriticalThinking
50 Questions To Help Students Think About What They Think https://t.co/6GRTmGOBM8
“No bell” schools, we want to hear from you! What are some of the effective alternatives to having a bell system for signaling passing periods? We might use your response in an upcoming podcast episode.
My students showing responsibility and generosity by helping local families this holiday season! So proud of my first period students!! #WeAreCosby#oneCCPS#nhs
@NAEmmanuele I’ve done this! https://t.co/ipMwevucOr rounds up articles from a wide range on the same topic. Can be helpful so you don’t have to comb through a bunch of individual news orgs.
Interesting idea: "One of my best writing teachers used to ask her class, after finishing a novel, to go back and read the first paragraph for the ways in which it predicted the rest of the text, or in the most skillful cases, taught us to read it."
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