In this activity, students begin by engaging in close reading or attentive listening. Then they complete a graphic organizer by… more
This protocol and tool can be used with Professional Learning Communities (PLC) or grade level teams to formatively assess student… more
This lesson is designed as a cooperative jigsaw learning experience. Whether used in social studies or ELA, it gets students thinking… more
Click here to access a video explanation. Transitions are essential to strong organization. They are what writers use to create… more
Click here to access a video explanation. Rather than using a worksheet with isolated sentences, it’s better to have our… more
There is a video explanation that can be accessed at this link. The college and career-ready standards expect the three… more
Students work together on reading goals (identifying a central idea, summarization,citing evidence), speaking & listening goals (conversation, reasoning, citingevidence, presenting… more
Students, often do not understand that the apostrophe mark in a contractionlike can’t or wouldn’t, actually signals to the reader… more
This is why improvisation works in the classroom: To be an improviser (and this is true of improvisers who perform… more
In this hands-on resource, literacy expert Dr. Katie McKnight offers secondary teachers a clear understanding of what literacy looks like… more
Stories are built on the characters that inhabit them, but we don’t often spend a lot of time learning how… more
TIP stands for  Term – Info – Picture.  Detailed in my first book and in much of my PD, here… more
To go along with the Enrichment with the Gifted Guy tutorial, www.thegiftedguy.com/enrichment, here are Sudoku puzzles of varying difficulty that… more
This is a case-based learning lesson about COVID-19, a deadly epidemic that has been spreading for months, shutting down countries… more
This spreadsheet has pages of activities for Pre-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 graders in 5 categories: reading, writing, discussing,… more
When trying to enrich our students, one way to do this is to provide student choice. But how do you… more
With the focus on SMART goals where we look at data and measurable growth in education, we have turned our… more
Technology must always change to meet the needs of people. Could you imagine if we had never changed the original… more
There is a lot of math that goes into the construction of a bridge. Bridges are just a series of… more
The art of paper plane making is a complicated one. What makes one plane fly further than another? What about… more
This looks at the profiles of gifted underachieving students and the causes for their underachievement. Included in these profiles would… more
To go along with the Enrichment with the Gifted Guy tutorial, www.thegiftedguy.com/enrichment, here are Sudoku puzzles of varying difficulty that… more
This is a case-based learning lesson about COVID-19, a deadly epidemic that has been spreading for months, shutting down countries… more
This spreadsheet has pages of activities for Pre-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 graders in 5 categories: reading, writing, discussing,… more
When trying to enrich our students, one way to do this is to provide student choice. But how do you… more
With the focus on SMART goals where we look at data and measurable growth in education, we have turned our… more
Technology must always change to meet the needs of people. Could you imagine if we had never changed the original… more
There is a lot of math that goes into the construction of a bridge. Bridges are just a series of… more
The art of paper plane making is a complicated one. What makes one plane fly further than another? What about… more
This looks at the profiles of gifted underachieving students and the causes for their underachievement. Included in these profiles would… more
