No Frills Classroom
I came across the resource called “Deconstructing the Myths of “The First Thanksgiving” by Judy Dow (Abenaki) (my printable version and resources are down below) and it has been so helpful for talking honestly about this holiday. It was posted on oyate.org which states: Oyate is a Native organization working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed with honesty…
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First off, I can’t take credit for this name…a student started calling it this. It began when I was thinking about 7-minute jots that I saw in an Edutopia video. Some middle school/high school teachers were using them across content areas and it made me think I could too. No Stop Jots have helped improve a few different areas including:…
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These resources have been compiled from different ideas I’ve found on both the internet and that have been given to me by administration. I like for things to look cohesive and go together. I copy the pages on a the same color and go through them bit by bit during the week or two leading up to conferences. Eventually I…
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I use these resources for both my mini-lessons and small groups. We refer to them often, especially during revision! Hopefully they will help you, too! Click here for the small group sheets I use. Click here for the three resources pictured.
I was looking for a way to track student thinking related to what we were doing in both read aloud and mini-lessons and was having difficulty with my two sections of 5th graders. I saw a great idea, that wasn’t overly complicated for students, on Instagram for high school students and toyed with a few different looks and tried out…
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The Gist: Who: Teachers and writers! What: Mini-Charts (copied 4 to a page or half-sizes where appropriate) for Writing Where: An easily accessible board When: During writing studio (my student-driven version of writing workshop, no mini-lesson, all small groups); students set their own goal for the day and sign up to meet in a small group, teach a small group,…
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