Fly High With Airplanes and Choice Boards!

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Do you use Choice Boards? If you find them interesting but still need some more information, let’s take a look at one example of how to get started in a way that incorporates science and STEAM activities based upon significant dates in history and student interests. December is a significant month for aviation history. On … read more »


Reading and Winter Break

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Winter break, a time for rest, relaxation, and reading! Students may not think of reading as their favorite use of time over break, but you can change that. Helping students formulate a plan and get excited about their reading choices will go a long way. Student reading choice is an important factor in encouraging students … read more »


Cross-Curricular Lesson Ideas for the Winter Solstice

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The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time — a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken. Frederick Lenz It isn’t always possible to create well-developed cross-curricular lessons based upon a single theme. Still, many … read more »


Tech Tool of the Month: Read to Lead – Part 2

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In Part 1 of this blog, we introduced you to Read to Lead and discussed the application of both the SAMR Model and the Triple E Framework using Read to Lead in your instruction. Today’s post offers detailed instructions for using this tool and shares classroom use ideas. Read to Lead:  When you get to … read more »


Tech Tool of the Month: Read to Lead – Part 1

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Read to Lead offers a collection of lessons, projects, and online learning games that align to College and Career Readiness standards and CASEL’s Social-Emotional Framework. Students can build literacy and social-emotional skills using the immersive stories presented as a “day at work” at various locations. At the time of this blog post, there were nearly … read more »