1. Cumulative Album Covers
Love this idea from Sara Ziemnik where students create record album covers for a significant person or “Renegade” from history that was studied during the class. What a great idea for a final year-end project!
I could see this type of project being applied to so many other content areas, not just history! It could also be adapted to work with a significant event or process.
2. Creative Book Projects
Here’s another idea for end-of-the-year assignments:
I especially like the idea of a one pager. I usually create these online, but I found some other examples that are hand drawn:
And then there are the ones from my favorite childhood book, Charlotte’s Web:
3. Dice Debrief
I don’t know what it is about discussion strategies, but I love learning about new ways to engage students in discussions. Here’s a new idea from Stephanie Howell:
4. More Summer Learning
Last week, I shared PD opportunities from The Digital Learning Podcast. This week there are ideas for growing with your ELL students.
5. Verbal Workout
Here’s a review of a great website called Verbal Workout that takes popular books and turns them into vocabulary lists, quizzes, and more that you can use in the classroom!
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