This winter has been incredible, mostly in frustrating ways. As we prepare to end this week, we have had 1 full normal week of school since 3rd quarter began. Between special schedules for ACT testing, 2 hour delays, 2 hour early releases and snow days it has been extremely difficult to maintain any momentum in … Continue reading All the Things… that disrupt acquisition.
Category: Pre-Reading
Black Out Poetry: Create compelling class discussion centered in a new text.
Use blackout poetry with a new text as a formative assessment to create rich discussion that is student driven and compelling about theme connected to the text.
Word Cloud – Student influenced Input
Activities that create student driven compelling input are powerful. They save you time and meet students where they are at in the acquisition process.
