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. LaKeyseya – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    Good PD

  2. Kane – PORT CLINTON CITY (verified owner) –

    Informative and contains a lot of good ideas.

  3. Phylis – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved this but I is really not geared towards elementary students!

  4. Janice – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed it. Lots of applicable ideas. My situation was frustrating however since I took it when our LMS was down, I kept getting messages from teachers and students requesting help. The lesson took a lot longer than planned.

  5. Roger – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    The options presented are VERY useful!

  6. Lauren – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –

    Lots of interesting tools to use.

  7. Tancy – Private Pay (verified owner) –

    Very good course. Provided lots of ideas and I have actually utilized one for our Covid-19 quarantine at home.

  8. Paula – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –

    Interesting

  9. Pamela – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –

    It was okay.

  10. Cynthia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed it.

  11. ROBIN – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas to improve depth of thinking for reading responses.

  12. Blasa – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    It had a lot of great ideas.

  13. Janet – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    It had helpful information.

  14. Todd – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –

    I didn’t really find this very helpful unless you are an ELA teacher. I was often confused and unsure of what was going on during this lesson.

  15. Ellen – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed the examples of the books and how they were used for student projects.

  16. Amanda – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –

    I feel this course was on point for things I need in my classroom. I am constantly looking for new ways to get my kids to write about what they are reading and these ideas are going to be easy to implement right away!

  17. margarita – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course, super ideas

  18. Paul – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    This course was informative.

  19. Colleen – LANCASTER CITY (verified owner) –

    Well-presented with ideas to take right into the classroom.

  20. Audrey – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I really liked these suggestions, even though I teach math.

  21. Lauren – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas.

  22. Lynette – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    The course was interesting and applicable for both GT and general classrooms.

  23. Christopher – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great for use of books.

  24. Michelle – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved the example of different ways that students can conduct different research with a book. Very creative ideas!

  25. Cheryl – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    good ideas!

  26. Michelle – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    Awesome course with plenty of ideas to present material to your students.

  27. BARBARA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was valuable and gave great ideas

  28. Stacy – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas!! Adaptable to all grade levels.

  29. Genifer – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    I like the resources offered and the flow of the lesson.

  30. Brian – REYNOLDSBURG CITY (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed this PD. It was VERY easy to follow and provided me with great examples that I can easily use in my classroom.

  31. Francisco – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    Interesting way to know about we, the teachers can use multiple tools for our students.

  32. Travis – Coshocton City Schools (verified owner) –

    Love it!

  33. Luis – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I think that this course is more dedicated to la language arts, science or social studies.

  34. Ada – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This was an interesting course and I highly recommend it.l

  35. Melinda – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –

    Okay

  36. Kelsey – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –

    Very insightful

  37. Lisa – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed learning about all of the different resources to use with students and even project-based activities to do in the classroom that can be differentiated and engage all students.

  38. Jessica – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –

    Great ideas for Language Arts teachers to expand ideas for gifted learners.

  39. Michelle – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –

    This is a great course in giving ideas on how we can use literature for student learning beyond just writing a report.

  40. Aaron – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –

    The content is easy to understand and actionable.

  41. Andrea – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    Gave examples of books and a synopsis of what it was about. Would appreciate some more elementary friendly books.

  42. Linea – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a great course with many ideas for differentiation.

  43. ELDA P – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    This provided me with great ways to help my students think outside the box.

  44. Maria – RIVIERA ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas!! I loved this presentation.

  45. ERICA M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas to try!

  46. Jenny – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    This was very beneficial

  47. Amy – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –

    This was good, but doesn’t totally work with area classes that do not involve books.

  48. Antonio – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent.

  49. Efrain – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great workshop!

  50. Guadalupe – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    I will tell others that this is a very interesting course that will provided with creative activities for students to use in the classroom.

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