This year my students read books about the impact of Hurricane Katrina using digital lit circles. Upon completion of their books/lit circles, students worked together to make documentaries on how the storm impacted different groups of people that experienced this catastrophe. I recently had the opportunity to share this process and five tips that I found to be crucial for students to successfully create documentaries…
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10 Ways to Use Flipgrid in the Classroom
I’m constantly on the lookout for new ways to incorporate technology and other digital resources. You can read about some of my favorites here. With the start of each school year, I find myself searching for digital tools that I haven’t tried before. This year, I feel like I hit the jackpot! For those of you who are just hearing…
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Bonus Sale on Lit with Lyns Resources
I wanted to let you know that for today only, you can get 25% off of all of my resources using the code BTSBONUS at checkout! This is a great time to stock up and make your life a little easier as you head back to school. I have added several new activities that will help you out as you…
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ELA Live Series- August, 2017
Want to make this year your BEST YEAR EVER!?! Let us help you make that happen! We have 15 experienced ELA teachers who will be coming to you LIVE each night on Facebook, beginning August 1- August 15th! We will share our tried and true tips and teaching strategies to help make this school year the most successful yet! Check…
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Prepare Students for a FANTASTIC Year with Back to School- Digital Escape Room
You all know it’s coming….wait for it…BACK TO SCHOOL time is just around the corner! All good things must come to an end, right?? That being said, I started thinking about important items that I wanted to cover with my students over the first couple weeks of school. My classroom is almost 100% paperless, so I knew that I wanted…
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Google Classroom- Showing Students How to Access & Use
A while back I blogged about how to add assignments in Google Classroom. Today I posted a video that I plan to show my students at the beginning of the school year on how to access and submit assignments on Google Classroom. I thought I would share with you, so that you’ll have it to use if you would like,…
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Digital Differentiation Using Hyperdocs
A while back, I had the pleasure of being a guest blogger for Performing in Education. If you haven’t ever checked it out, it’s a terrific blog that focuses on project-based learning, hands-on activities, and ideas on how to keep your students engaged. My guest blog discussed differentiating with hyperdocs. If you haven’t ever used these before, they’re AMAZING and…
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Differentiating with Google Classroom
As I shared in a previous post, my students have been working in digital literature circles with the books we’re currently reading. I typically allow them to work on their assigned reading/jobs about 3 days a week for approximately 20-30 minutes. There are a couple groups who have finished their work early, and this is where the new Google Classroom…
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Complete Engagement with Digital Literature Circles
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Making Reflection Meaningful
Welcome to our Making Reflection Meaningful Blog Hop! I’m so happy to be a part of this amazing group of teacher-authors and hope you enjoy our tips and ideas! I begin to have my students reflect on the past year by using video journals. Using videos for student journal responses is a great way to incorporate technology, while also enforcing…
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Laughing All the Way Blog Hop
I’m super excited to be linking up with some amazing teacher-authors to share some of our ideas and stories that we use leading up to the holidays…not to mention the chance to win a Target and Starbucks gift card. We all know that this time of year can be extremely hectic, and it’s important to find ways that we can…
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How to Add Assignments on Google Classroom & Put Students into Groups
For those of you who are new to the AMAZING Google Classroom (I know, I’m addicted), I created a video to show you how to add assignments, as well as how to put your students into groups in G.C. I hope you find the video helpful! I’d love to hear how you use Google Classroom in the comments! Click the…
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