I love the community and teamwork that comes from doing escape rooms in the classroom. Our escape days are filled with laughter and competition, and I wouldn’t have it any other way! My favorite method for classroom escape rooms is always...
My digital resources all come in one unit-long file. It’s a lot easier to have entire units organized into one Google Slides file, but there’s definitely situations where you’ll want a file of a single day or weekly lesson...
When schools first closed due to COVID-19, my initial thought (after I stopped panicking) was how important project-based learning (PBL) was going to be now. Let’s be honest – sending a ton of worksheets with instructions is exhausting...
My first experience recording writing lessons was during a “flipped classroom” trial. It didn’t quite work out having students watch lessons at home then, but I found that it was very powerful to continue recording my lessons in...
Anchor charts are a wonderful tool in the classroom. My students help me create anchor charts every day that we use for future lessons. However, it can be a pain to create anchor charts that model a lot of content – especially for writing...
Narrative Nonfiction isn’t a new genre, but it is new to many teachers. The good news is that a lot of the elements of creative writing are applicable to this writing type. The new part is teaching students how to use informational sources to...