3 Virtual Teaching Tools: Interactive Instruction and Continuous Formative Assessment
Online education is now the norm. While it’s great to “see” my students virtually, and there are lots of great tools that can facilitate direct instruction, we all know that’s only part of the equation!
3 Tech Tools for Virtual Direct Teach
Congratulations! We’re all virtual teachers now! What are you using to provide direct instruction?
Book Review: BE KIND, by Pat Zietlow Miller
We are at a place in this world where we NEED to teach kids to be kind!
Book Review: Little Taco Truck by Tanya Valentine & Jorge Martin
Why I Picked It Up: Because how cute is that little taco truck?? I have a soft spot for anthropomorphized vehicles (blame it on my first born’s reading preferences), and this one was too cute to pass up. Why I Finished It: It definitely surprised me! Food trucks are so popular now, so I was […]
Book Review: One Word from Sophia, by Jim Averbeck and Yasmeen Ismail
Why I Picked It Up: I was at the Texas Association for Literacy Education conference in Waco and One Word from Sophia was shared during a session I attended. Immediately I swiped it into my Amazon cart (yes, while the session was still happening)! Why I Finished It: Well, I didn’t have a choice the […]
Book Review: American Ace, by Marilyn Nelson
Why I Picked It Up: This was a last minute addition to our Newer Choices in YA Lit for a literacy conference in Fort Worth last year. I think it had airplanes on it, so Jessica thought it must be a me book. It’s fun how we seemingly randomly assign books to each other that […]
