Thinking Outside the Book

$20.00

Presenter: Sheila Mulbry & Nicole Shannon, Round Rock ISD
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Do you want your gifted students to deepen their responses to the text they read? One of the most fulfilling moments in a teacher’s day is when the light comes on, a sign that the students are making a deep connection with the material being taught. Teaching students to think outside the book is one of the ways you can empower your students to experience those “aha” moments.

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Description

Thinking Outside the Book is an ideal course for educators looking for resources to guide students toward creating unique and complex assignments. You’ll learn to lead them to have a deeper response to quality literature, which will ultimately help their love and respect for reading.
In this one-hour course you will learn to incorporate a variety of media to differentiate responses and push your students toward thinking and creating outside the book.

Trainers Sheila Mulbry and Nicole Shannon share their personal best-practices on:

  • Using mysteries in literature
  • Developing puzzle fiction projects
  • Creating personal response papers
  • Identifying themes and vocabulary in literature
  • Writing mini-research reports

And more!

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.

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2816 reviews for Thinking Outside the Book

  1. Priscilla – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    I learned new ideas for responding to books.

  2. Sylvia – RAYMONDVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very interesting.

  3. Angelita – RAYMONDVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I like the information presented and I feel I will use most of it with my students.

  4. Angelica – RAYMONDVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed this training. Gave useful ready to use ideas for both ELA teachers as well as Social Studies teachers that enjoy doing cross curriculum study units

  5. Maria – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    It fits with what I teach but would not work for all subjects.

  6. tina – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    It was a lot of information all at once. Great ideas though!

  7. CINDY B – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved it!

  8. Anjanette – Gloucester County Public Schools (verified owner) –

    Very informative!

  9. Jeff – WASHINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –

    Not very practical for main stream science courses

  10. Esmeralda – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    I would like the titles of the course to show the appropriate grade level so that I may use those ideas in my class.

  11. Erika – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent

  12. Cesar – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Good insight on how to more from students on book projects.

  13. Annette – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas on how to make reading more meaningful.

  14. Jennifer – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    makes me want to teach at a lower grade

  15. Graciela – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    It is a great course. I like the books listed to help students learn.

  16. Karen – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    I like the different ideas presented in a concise manner with great suggestions.

  17. Barbara – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    It is a fantastic course

  18. Tanya – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    It was great!

  19. Raegan – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    It is great! Simple, easy to follow, easy to apply to classrooms.

  20. Ashlee – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed better understanding how to differentiate for students who are conceptually ready to go beyond the norm of an assignment.

  21. Edna – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Great resources and ideas were mentioned.

  22. Emilia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    The differentiation strategies were awesome. I think I would consider using some of these methods.

  23. Marina – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    I found the training spent a lot of time talking about the book itself.

  24. Saul – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Good course. I like the examples

  25. William – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    Some great strategies for extending books by digging into themes and reflective activities that feed the GT child’s natural tendencies to be curious.

  26. Veronica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Such great ideas. Thank you.

  27. Diamantina – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    awesome information

  28. Rosa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    great insights

  29. GLORIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas to help students think outside the book.

  30. Erika – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    Really great ideas to think outside the book.

  31. Sandra – Pilot (verified owner) –

    Great for English or History teachers….not hellpful mathematics

  32. Paula – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    It gave me some nice ideas which I will implement while reading our novels.

  33. Nora – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas that are doable in the classroom.

  34. Paula – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved it!

  35. Clifton – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    Really not for high school teachers.

  36. Elsa – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed learning about integrating novels into GT projects. Very informative!

  37. Kristina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Great! Good information.

  38. Gary – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed the possibilities presented which allowed me to consider a cross-curricular project at my school.

  39. Trina – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    I think this was a fine training, but as a high school teacher, I do wish this had been listed as middle school instead of high school. The activities are still valid of course, but much of the time was spent on texts that I cannot use in high school classes.

  40. Blake – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great way to guide my reading groups.

  41. Elda – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –

    I think is very interesting because not only think outside the book, but also outside the box. We can use these models in different ways i our daily routines and subjects.

  42. Fausitna – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    It was a great course if you are teaching a higher grade level of students.

  43. Jennifer – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –

    A lot of great ideas I plan to use in my classroom.

  44. ANGELA – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    good course

  45. LAURA A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    It has great ideas

  46. Rosario – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    I would definitely be able to incorporate the ideas presented in this course in my 7th grade writing classroom.

  47. Misty – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –

    This was relevant and interesting.

  48. Darla – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    excellent course!

  49. Arianna – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative

  50. DANAHE V – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    I really like the different ways we can differentiate. I think this is very helpful for higher grades.

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