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. Tiffany – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    This had good ideas to implement in a classroom.

  2. Aimee – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a very informative course.

  3. Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved the ideas that we presented in this course. I can’t wait to use some of them in the classroom.

  4. Gay – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    It has some great ideas for older elementary students

  5. Jennifer – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is filled with great ideas for challenging students’ critical thinking skills and going beyond understanding the text. It is especially helpful for teachers that teach 2nd grade and above.

  6. Stephanie – SWEENY ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is most relevant for students who can independently read and write, most likely 3rd grade on up.

  7. Gerardo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I feel confident my students are able to decide what they would like to study.

  8. Shannon – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed learning about these simple to do, yet great for thinking ideas to implement in my classrroom.

  9. Laura – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    quick paced, great ideas and useable information

  10. Wendy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course, great ideas to implement.

  11. Elizabeth – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved all the ideas!

  12. Susan – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –

    Good ideas given for response for students in what they learned from their reading.

  13. Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    It was interesting.

  14. Kristal – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas for language arts. Could also be used when reading nonfiction texts in science and social studies.

  15. Kim – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a great presentation with a lot of ideas regarding thinking outside the book and I loved it. However, it does not apply to my line of work so I won’t be able to use any of it. I think it is fantastic for classroom teachers though.

  16. Johana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Great course, like the introduction to the Voki app.

  17. Jacqueline – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    This course gives ideas that students will enjoy working with.

  18. RosaIsela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent course with great ideas on how to help students think outside the book.

  19. Marsha – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    I felt it gave good examples and varied ideas on how to engage students.

  20. Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Informative. Gives good examples.

  21. Emily – Private Pay (verified owner) –

    This course is not bad and would be useful as an introduction to teachers who either received no formal education training at a college or university, teachers who received their education a long time ago, or as a refresher.

  22. Priscila – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked it

  23. Sara – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner) –

    Great ideas for thinking outside the book and websites to try out as well.

  24. Geri – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved the ideas presented

  25. Amber – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –

    Super quick and concise. Loads of good tips and info.

  26. Lori – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    I like the topic of guiding instruction beyond the text and got a couple of ideas of projects to supplement my units.

  27. Heidi – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    I’m so glad it talked about the importance of student choice, but there really wasn’t anything new.

  28. Leyda – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –

    Very good information on using technology with books’ responses.

  29. Chet – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –

    A little long.

  30. Gabriella – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative and beneficial.

  31. Ashley – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was very informational and useful!

  32. Emily – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –

    Good course!

  33. Cheryl – HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –

    This module contained a lot of different ideas on differentiating in the classroom.

  34. Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This is an excellent course, very helpful.

  35. Shelley – Coshocton City Schools (verified owner) –

    It had some interesting ideas, especially for intermediate and higher.

  36. Alonso – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great opportunity to give students a choice

  37. John – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –

    I feel that this course was very informative and thought provoking.

  38. Ellen – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    It was informative.

  39. Sarah – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved the examples

  40. Alissa – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –

    This is very ELAR-related. If you do not teach ELAR you must be willing to think outside the box on how to integrate these ideas into your classroom.

  41. Minerva – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    Providing examples of the what the end products was a great idea. I think a visual of the product would allow teachers to have a better idea of how the products could look like.

  42. Angela – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –

    Many great ideas that are ready to use!

  43. Janette – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –

    interesting examples

  44. Angela – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –

    Love the ideas in this!

  45. raquel – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved the resources and ideas

  46. Anne – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    The ideas were all good and able to be immediately integrated.

  47. Michelle – BLANCHESTER LOCAL (verified owner) –

    This course was beneficial to my classroom strategies.

  48. Jordan – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    Interested

  49. Christine – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –

    This training was very informative on how to use research or information students learn from reading to create different projects.

  50. Krystal – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Wonderful

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