The Brainstorm Plus: Songkran reads

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BookRiot recently asked readers to send in fiction titles that address social justice. It's a pretty interesting list. I'm not advocating all the titles on there, but there are many great ones. Social Justice in Fiction: A Reading List. I'm trying to think what I would add... There's a whole wealth of middle grade fiction titles that aren't even touched on here. Like Wonder, Rules, Among the Hidden...yep, this list could take a while.


Here's the Secondary Teacher's Reading Recommendations for Songkran Break:

                                         

           

 

Education Tools, Resources, Ideas, Etc.

As we move towards BYOD here is a list of 8 Great New Web Tools for Teachers. Probably the most exciting one for teachers is the Presentation.io which allows you to broadcast presentations to anyone, but there are several other great tools in this list.

Here's two other resource for BYOD What Teachers Need to Know about BYOD and Excellent Resources on BYOD for Teachers.

Teachers, are you looking for word games for your students? Free Technology for Teachers suggests exploring the games available through Dictionary.com. Build a Word Kingdom on Dictionary.com.

The Brainstorm Plus: Songkran reads for elem

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Since we are going on Songkran Break in just a week from today, I'm gathering teacher recommendations for books kids should read during their free time (when they aren't participating in the water fights). Here's what I've received so far for Elementary reading recommendations. I'll share the Middle and High School recommendations later.

Picture Books for Elementary

          

Chapter Books for Middle Grades

             

Non-fiction for Elementary

    

Teaching Tools, Resources, Ideas, Etc.

TeachThought just had an article that shared 10 Ways to Support Learning Styles with Concept Mapping.

Also came across this very interesting article on a study about the relation of math and hand gestures and learning. Gestures Help Listeners Learn Better.

The Brainstorm Plus: Book spine poems

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The high school Creative Writing Class came in yesterday and had fun creating book spine poems. It was fun to see other teachers and students in the Media Center get swept up in the creativity. Here's a couple of the book spine poems they came up with. The last one in the list was a collaborative effort...

Some of the book spine poems I made to help inspire the students are now up on SLJ's 2013 Book Spine Poem Gallery. There are lots of other creative entries there too.

Education Tools, Resources, Ideas, Etc.

Reading and writing are integral to just about any subject. A fellow educator shared some tips on how to help students get the most out of reading on her blog. Ms Watanabe has some fabulous ideas and includes some great posters. You need to check it out. Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with Tech -- Part 1