AUTHOR PROJECT: Reading and Research
Writing about Literary Favorites After introducing students to the Nine Yardsticks of Value, a good way to determine how well they understand the concepts and can apply them to an…
COLORS, ARRANGEMENT AND STORIES
Critical Thinking in Colors and Shapes Colors and arrangements can be used evoke different moods, different personalities, and different feelings. Spend at least five minutes looking closely at this painting,…
Writing to Learn in Content Areas
WRITING TO LEARN Across Content Areas Now that more schools are considering ways to teach and utilize literacy tools to enhance instruction and increase learning across the content areas, many…
Patterns for Thoughtful Conversations
Sentence Stems Stimulate Thinking, Talking and Writing Now is a good time to begin modeling ways to increase the classroom participation among your students. These sentence starters prepare them to…