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Brooke Khan, M.A.Ed2020-12-11T07:31:30+00:00

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No fake news!! Use this printable and digital checklist to teach students how to identify credible internet sources. It’s free! ⠀⁣
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➡Add it to your digital literacy or research skills unit! ⠀⁣
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Click the link in bio @literacyinfocus to download it for free today! Full page and half page checklists are included. 🙌🏻⠀⁣
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If you have students that stare into space when it’s time to write, check out these editable reading logs with sentence starters. Just a few words to get the ball rolling can make a world of difference. ⠀
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Freebie! 🎉 Back to School is a great time for a goal-setting lesson!! ⁣
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Teach students how to set SMART goals with this easy-to-follow printable and digital planning template. ⁣
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This FREE goal-setting worksheet includes a description of each letter of the SMART goals acronym, close sentences for students to complete, and a step-by-step action plan.⁣
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Take the struggle out of teaching students how to add text-based evidence to their writing using these FREE printable and digital templates! ⁣
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Students write their evidence on a sticky note, stick it in the evidence box, add the sentence frame, and copy it to their rough draft! Done! ⁣
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If you print on card stock and laminate, you can use them again and again. A Printable PDF and Google Slides version is included. ⁣
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Do your students struggle when it’s time to write concise summaries? Teach them to effectively synthesize information using the GIST strategy.
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GIST (Generating Interactions between Schemata and Text) is a strategy for establishing comprehension of a text. It encourages students to write concise meaningful summaries, and it works well with all levels of readers. ⠀
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The goal of a GIST summary is for students to be able to convey the “GIST” of what they read without the extraneous details. ⠀
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Here’s how it works:⠀
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1. Begin the GIST strategy by having students read a short piece of text. ⠀
2. After reading, instruct students to answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions based on the text selection. ⠀

3. Next, have students condense their answers into a one-sentence summary. ⠀
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Click the link in bio @literacyinfocus to download a free GIST graphic organizer! ⠀
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Mention them all! Self-help books are always hit or miss. I guess it depends on what you need from the book, and what you are open to receiving. I really liked 𝘈𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 by James Clear. What some other good ones? ⁣
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Use this on the first day of school! ⬇️

To help take away some of those first day jitters, you can use the activity described below for student introductions. Students will be introducing a classmate to the rest of the class.

1. Start with classmate interviews. Here are the interview questions:

What is your first and last name?
How old are you?
When is your birthday?
What is one word that describes you?
What are five interesting things about you or your life? (ex: four siblings, played soccer, traveled to China, pet dog named Spot, favorite movie…)

2. After the interviews, students write their classmate introduction "speech" on paper or notecards. Here is an outline they can follow:

"Good Morning! My name is ___________."
"I would like to introduce you to ___________."
"__________ is ____ years old. His/her birthday is on ____________. One word to describe him/her is __________."
"Five interesting things about ___________ are..."
"Thank you for listening. It was a pleasure introducing you to ____________."

Providing students with a bit of structure should help calm nerves. I'll leave the link in bio @literacyinfocus if you want the printable interview worksheet and outline template.

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