Nov 03
In my mission to revamp my inventory of short stories to use with my freshmen, “Weight” is hands down my favorite addition. Keep scrolling; you won’t be disappointed. It’s on CommonLit I hate to say it, but cost sometimes comes into play when figuring out my curriculum. Sure, there are plenty of illegal PDFs floating …
Jan 28
Fake receipts are a great way to change up your worksheets and increase engagement. I mostly use them for creative writing and comprehension assessments, but I’m sure you’ll come up with a few ideas as well. 1. Reading Comprehension Create fake receipts for various characters and have the students guess which character they belong to. …
May 11
I admit that occasionally a well-written multiple choice test is all I need to gauge understanding of a lesson. But really, those occasions are few and far between. There’s a reason students groan more when you give open-response tests: they’re challenging instead of the preferred multiple guess. Here are a few specific reasons why we …
