2.6kviewsIf you’re looking for a quick and easy way to spark conversation in your classroom around books, I love using Table Topics Cubes: Book Club Edition.… Read More »Tip for Sparking Conversation on Reading: Table Topic Cards
3.4kviewsQ: How can I seriously fit a game of Monopoly into a rigorous, time-crunched curriculum? Each spring, as an entry event to my oppression unit—where… Read More »Tip for Teaching about the Race-Based Wealth Gap: Monopoly Roleplay
12.8kviews NOTE: Read about my 2017 updated thinking/process here: A Beginner’s Guide to Vocabulary Instruction: Using Latin Word Chunks Q: What are Word Chunks? They’re… Read More »Tip for Teaching Vocabulary & Word-Level Comprehension: Latin Word Chunks
1kviewsFor the last three weeks, I’ve been working as a fellow with the Lake Michigan Writing Project at Grand Valley State University. If you follow… Read More »Lake Michigan Writing Project
2.6kviewsSome high school ELA teachers argue that there just isn’t time for choice reading. They believe that students aren’t motivated to read outside of school.… Read More »Tips for Getting Kids to Do More Choice Reading: Celebrate!
18.3kviews What is a Reading Ladder, and where does this idea originate? A Reading Ladder is simply a piece of explanatory writing where students rank the… Read More »Reading Ladders: How to Hold Students Accountable to Choice Reading
931viewsThis week, Beth Shaum is asking teachers the big question of why they persist “despite educational policies that are having a deleterious effect on good teachers… Read More »Why Do I Stay in Education?
3.5kviews What is a role-play, simulation, or re-enactment? I’ve learned that within the realm of Social Studies instruction, teachers use these different names and varying twists… Read More »Tip for Teaching the Great Depression: Economics Roleplay
7kviewsThis video is part of the teacher tip series, “How to Create Book Hype.” In this video, I’m discussing how to increase the love around… Read More »Classroom Library Organization: How to Help Students Do More Choice Reading via Access
8.4kviewsFlirt, woo, and start a relationship with a book! This video is part of the teacher tip series, “How to Create Book Hype,” wherein I… Read More »Book Speed Dating: How to Get Kids to Do More Choice Reading via Quick Exposure