It’s easy to make the transition to remote instruction with Super Sentences. Here’s how: Assign a specific time for your … More
Category: Common Core State Standards
Important Events in American History
February is Black History Month. While I encourage you to acknowledge it with some dedicated activities, I’m also reminded that … More
Rikki Tikki Tavi
Originally published by Scholastic, here’s another of my classroom plays getting new life on TeachersPayTeachers! Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rudyard Kipling’s classic short … More
Pip & the Prisoner
When most people think about Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations, they land on Miss Havisham and her creepy old mansion … More
10 Compelling Paired Texts for Black History Month
Here are ten great paired texts with which to recognize black history month while meeting numerous Language Arts standards. All … More
A New Play for MLK Day
Celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy and teach his core values with any of a number of plays available on my … More
Reader’s Theater for Presidents’ Day
Here are two plays in one package with which to celebrate and teach about Presidents’ Day. The first, President’s Day … More
Try These Scripts for Black History Month
In addition to all the MLK plays featured in my last post, here’s more great reader’s theater for Black History … More
Great Reader’s Theater for Martin Luther King Day
Whether for RT or stage performance, here are half-a-dozen kid-friendly scripts to ramp up your MLK Day celebrations and Black … More
Pairing Picture Books & Plays for Black History Month
The Common Core requires that we teach students to “evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event … More
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