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.
Alex – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
It provided great ideas to help students and teachers think out of the box to inspire learning.
Jenie – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
very good ideas and strategies!
JOSEPH – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.Very informative
Sandra – SILSBEE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Glenda – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course is instrumental in helping you think outside the box.
Keena – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative
Emerald – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I like the many different options to use in the classroom that help with differentiation.
Keshia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful.
D’Yauna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the course.
Arthur – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
The course includes multiple strategies of which are very helpful. Sort of, a new perspective, to what I was kind of already doing.
Rodolfo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
elizabeth – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas
Anita – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the book talks that are geared towards gifted learners.
Lois – RIDGEDALE LOCAL (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. It gave a lot of good, creative ideas for ways students can research and share their knowledge.
Jimmy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course with many wonderful ideas. I understand that due to the structure and amount of time devoted to the course overall, it is hard to spend any substantial amount of time with any one item. I would benefit from seeing some of these things, such as the ‘puzzle pieces’, in action and with live examples.
Francisco – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course takes you to other level of teaching. It is innovative.
Juan – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Well described
Blanca – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great
MELISSA – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
excellent course
Marie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
very interesting for the teacher to understand how a child learns and where the child’s interest lies
Sharon – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very creative and informing!
Chelsea – ANDREWS ISD (verified owner) –
It was more tailored towards older grade levels. The activities were not age appropriate for kindergarten.
Shelley – HOLLAND ISD (verified owner) –
had some good ideas
Miriam – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided so many new ways of breaking the mold with the types of assignments given.
Cari – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course.
Sonia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas.
maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Wendy – HOLLAND ISD (verified owner) –
good ideas for older grades
Isabel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
The presenter of this course was very informational. She did an excellent job in providing websites and examples on how to implement these strategies.
Tomas – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
not my favorite
Jose – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information to use in class
Carrie – DALLAS ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the ideas presented.
Norma – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative
Don – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
informative
Erika – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
5 I really enjoyed this presentation. I will definitely use some of these activities in my classroom.
Alissa – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this training was helpful, but as a special education teacher it is difficult to implement some of these techniques
Oralia – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
very interesting ideas
Mirna – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
It needs more examples for other subjects other than English or reading
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Marisol – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Love the course
Tracy – CLYDE-GREEN SPRINGS EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
Great ideas to use in the classroom.
Mayra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very good ideas!
Sylvia R. – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
it good
Jennifer – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Great!!
Amanda – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful course, especially for an early ed ELA classroom.
Liza – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Awesome ideas.
Mary – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Sandra – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great ideas and things to do when finishing up a class novel.
AJ – HOLLAND ISD (verified owner) –
great course and differentiation ideas
Veronica – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course that presented good ideas for presenting books and themes.