If you want the engagement boost of reader’s theater without props, costumes, or a three-day production, this “table read” routine is the sweet spot: students stay seated, you run it like a low-stress script reading, and you still get fluency, tone, inference, and evidence-based discussion out of a single class. It works especially well with... Continue Reading →
Looking for some educational activities during the Halloween or Thanksgiving season? Try these English Language Arts extension activities. Halloween Writing Prompts Halloween Writing Prompts This resource contains 28 Halloween Themed Writing Prompts. Use for Do Now, Writing Prompt, Journal Prompt, or Creative Writing Lesson. Each activity includes a photo and a corresponding writing prompt. Prompts focus... Continue Reading →
Reading Strategies for Middle and High School - Readers Theater Reading Strategies for Middle and High School Readers Theater I love when it's time to read a play in class. The assigned reading parts take away the anxiety for both my students and me, because everyone knows what and when they are expected to read... Continue Reading →
Readers Theater for the Middle and High School English Classroom. Build classroom community through scripts and plays. Reading strategies and engaging lessons.
5 steps to teaching mindfulness in the classroom. Simple, easy and effective ways to help students through mindful exercises
MINDFUL ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM PHYSICAL LITERACY Using Mindfulness to Improve Physical Literacy What is Physical Literacy and how can we use mindfulness to improve it?  Physical literacy is sense awareness; being aware of the body and its sensations. Mindful practices help students become more aware of how their physical body is feeling and what... Continue Reading →
Mindful Classroom Management - As Easy as 1-2-3-4-5!! Every year at the beginning of the year, students are expected to make a Social Contract with each of their teachers. Students brainstorm a list of do's and don'ts for the class and then each students signs it in agreement. I love students who take the initiative... Continue Reading →
MINDFULNESS IN THE CLASSROOM OPENING TO EMPATHY Before you begin to teach mindful activities it's important to remember; how can we teach the kiddos if we haven't experienced it? There are many activities that we, as teachers, can do to improve our own mindful practice and bring it into the classroom. Opening to Empathy gives... Continue Reading →
FIVE STEPS TO TEACHING MINDFULNESS INTHE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM Parents and teachers are always telling kids to focus, but they don't teach them how. Focusing on the Breath is a basic mindfulness practice you can incorporate easily and daily into the classroom? I start every class with this 2-minute exercise. The process is started at... Continue Reading →
How to incorporate mindfulness into the high school classroom. Simple, easy and effective ways to help students through mindful exercises