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.
Sharon – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and informative
CONCEPCION – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
This was very interesting course. Very informative course and lots of good ideas to take the lessons beyond just reading they books.
Fabiola – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
The gifted and talented scholars should have different ways to show their work.
Belinda – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It looks great for elementary teachers.
Yolanda – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I like the public service announcement ideas.
Jorge – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It gives a different perspective of teaching, it shows some resources and its use,.
Jen – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this was informative, it just wasn’t what I was expecting.
Dana – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided many useful ideas for book extensions.
esperanza – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course had many great ideas and examples of how to apply them into our classrooms.
edie – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Some really good ideas.
Haydee – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
This course give you great ideas.
Sandra – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
This course if informative and gives different ideas to do with students by thinking outside the book.
Maureen – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
Great topic
Casey – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great tips to use in the classroom
Celina – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The presenters gave many in depth ideas for activities that can be used to deepen student’s understanding of a book or story. I also liked how they included websites that can be used for these activities.
Maritza – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
it was ok
Susan – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked this presentation but I feel it could have been geared more towards the grade level that I taught. I can use the information in this course but the examples that were given were for higher grades.
Carla Mae – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This was just a series of project and lesson ideas. It did not focus on differentiation for G & T. It touched on personalization.
Milea – BIG WALNUT LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was straight forward with useful ideas.
Lester – RIDGEDALE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Not bad with the topics.
Kelsey – GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY (verified owner) –
This was a great course! It helped me think of creative ideas to use in my classroom.
Jessica – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
I like the activities, I like the idea of letting the students decide what tehy want to study.
Ester – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It has good insights and examples on how to teach certain areas
Rachel – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It had some great ideas.
Jesus – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great and intentional training
Julie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas to use in the classroom to engage students in learning.
JOLIE – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I like the information and the examples presented.
Anthony – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
it was good
Sangeetha – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I love the different strategies suggested here that will help students in their research and with their critical thinking.
Sherrie – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
I like the book selections.
Gilbert – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
good.
Suzanne – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I loved the ideas. Very useful!
June – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
It was ok, would have preferred to see the actually students’ samples of work she was reading from.
DONALD – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Please break up the presentations with reflection questions.
Kristina – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Nice self paced lesson
Shannon – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Amy – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the ideas!
MIGUEL – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very teacher friendly. Lot’s of activities that can be used in the classroom.
Ben – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Recommend
Nicholas – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course.
Ricardo – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is useful for ideas about reading and turning them into interesting activities.
Santos – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good presentation.
Ginger – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this topic. I will look for more of her classes.
Francisca – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Erasmo – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Adam – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
it had good ideas
MARTHA – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
excellent
leticia – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
I like it because it gives you different options on how to teach self learning
Sonia – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
New and interesting differentiation methods on discussing, learning about books and topics.
Taylor – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
This course had some great ideas about projects.