Quick Writes are a powerful instructional tool that can be used any time during instruction. Empower your staff or department with how to best leverage Quick Writes in any content area with the Quick Write Strategy Professional Development PowerPoint. This 40-slide ready-to-present product includes a Welcoming Ritual, Benefits of Quick Writes, the Quick Write Structure, Tips and Tricks, Quick Write Prompts (that teachers can use!), and how to launch classroom discussions using the Quick Write. You and your teachers will love this strategy! Seven Benefits of Quick Writes: Quick Writes build student confidence. Quick Writes increase engagement and decreases lesson anxiety. Quick Writes Improve student stamina and fluency in writing. Quick Writes strengthen relationships in class community. Quick Writes develop writer’s voice. Quick Writes foster a habit of writing: engages critical thinking, promotes reflection, amplifies creativity. Quick Writes synthesize content.

Quick Writes are a powerful instructional tool that can be used any time during instruction. Leverage this amazing best practice with the Quotation Quick Write PowerPoint. This 87-slide product includes profound quotations from Michelle Obama to Ghandi - along with Quick Write Student Directions and Quick Write Turn and Talk Protocols. Each Quick Write can be employed as a writing activity, SEL Morning Meeting topic, a Brain Break, or an amazing lesson launch. You and your students will love this! Seven Benefits of Quick Writes: Quick Writes build student confidence. Quick Writes increase engagement and decreases lesson anxiety. Quick Writes Improve student stamina and fluency in writing. Quick Writes strengthen relationships in class community. Quick Writes develop writer’s voice. Quick Writes foster a habit of writing: engages critical thinking, promotes reflection, amplifies creativity. Quick Writes synthesize content.

Quick Writes are a powerful instructional tool that can be used any time during instruction. Leverage this amazing best practice with the Poetry Quick Write PowerPoint. This 87-slide product includes poignant poems written by Langston Hughes to Emily Dickinson - along with Quick Write Student Directions and Quick Write Turn and Talk Protocols. Each Poetry Quick Write can be employed as a writing activity, a Brain Break, or an amazing lesson launch. You and your students will love this! Seven Benefits of Quick Writes: Quick Writes build student confidence. Quick Writes increase engagement and decreases lesson anxiety. Quick Writes Improve student stamina and fluency in writing. Quick Writes strengthen relationships in class community. Quick Writes develop writer’s voice. Quick Writes foster a habit of writing: engages critical thinking, promotes reflection, amplifies creativity. Quick Writes synthesize content.

Quick Writes are a powerful instructional tool that can be used any time during instruction. Leverage this amazing best practice with the Literature Quick Write PowerPoint. This 87-slide product includes poignant literary quotations written by Charles Dickens to Maya Angelou along with Quick Write Student Directions and Quick Write Turn and Talk Protocols. Each Quick Write can be employed as a writing activity, a Brain Break, or an amazing lesson launch. You and your students will love this! Seven Benefits of Quick Writes: Quick Writes build student confidence. Quick Writes increase engagement and decreases lesson anxiety. Quick Writes Improve student stamina and fluency in writing. Quick Writes strengthen relationships in class community. Quick Writes develop writer’s voice. Quick Writes foster a habit of writing: engages critical thinking, promotes reflection, amplifies creativity. Quick Writes synthesize content.

Teaching “Rikki Nikki Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling? Enhance your instruction of this classic tale in courage with this engaging 34-slide Rikki Tikka Tavi PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product includes facts on Kipling, anticipation questions, vocabulary review, literary elements, character descriptions, discussion questions, and a class debate on the mongoose versus the cobra.

Students love learning about philias and philes! Now you can leverage their interest with the Philias and Philes PowerPoint Lesson (Common Core-aligned). Product includes 36-slide PowerPoint on the etymology of philes, common (and not-so-common) Greek/Latin philias and philes, a fun Check for Understanding quiz (answer key included), and an opportunity to create their own phile word. You and your students will love this lesson. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or an upcoming evaluation!

Kids love Valentine’s Day! Amp up the fun with the Valentine’s Day Haiku PowerPoint as students learn to brainstorm, write, and edit poetry. Product includes 30 slides on the background of haikus, fun Valentine’s Day facts, the haiku structure, Valentine’s Day haiku writing tips, examples, editing techniques, and tasks. You and your students will love this! This Common Core-aligned lesson is perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!

Do you coach, lead, or inspire teachers? Now you can help empower teachers and build capacity with the Instructional Coach PowerPoint Guide. Product includes a 34-slide PowerPoint that address roles of the instructional coach, onboarding, coaching cycle components, sample questioning stems, setting smart goals, and coaching tips and tricks! This is a must-have resource for any coach or leader!

Do you coach, lead, or inspire teachers? Research shows that an understanding of Webb’s Depth of Knowledge is the foundation to optimal instruction. Now you can help teachers gain an understanding with the Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Overview PowerPoint. This 32-Slide read-to-go PD PowerPoint includes a comprehensive overview of the DOK Four Levels, Checks for Understanding, DOK Question/Task Stems, DOK Activities, and a Teacher Deliverable. You and your teachers will love this classroom-changing tool. Perfect for administration, department heads, and instructional coaches!

Do you coach, lead, or inspire teachers? Research shows that Questioning is the foundation to optimal instruction. Now you can help teachers polish their questioning skills and techniques with the Questioning Strategies to Engage Students PD PowerPoint. Product includes 38-slide PowerPoint that address research-based strategies, Checks for Understanding, Questioning Stem Bank, Questioning Strategies, and a teacher deliverable. You and your teachers will love this classroom-changing tool. Perfect for administration, department heads, and instructional coaches!

Teaching O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi”? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with this unit test. Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the thematic message, which can be included or not based on the level of your students. Common Core aligned. Answer key included.

Teaching text features? Hold your students accountable with the Text Features Assessment Test. This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in this important ELA skill. (30) Multiple choice questions simulate those found on actual standardized tests. Product can be used for common assessments throughout your team or department and is super sub-friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there! About Assessments: Assessment is the engine that drives student learning! Frequent assessment and feedback are crucial for helping students learn. When assessment works best, it does the following: • Provides diagnostic feedback • Helps educators set standards • Evaluates progress • Relates to a student’s progress • Motivates performance • Helps teachers and students self-evaluate

Teaching Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? Assess your students’ comprehension and writing with A Christmas Carol: Scrooge’s Diary Assignment. Product includes a rigorous, engaging assignment where students write from the perspective a Scrooge after his spiritual transformation. The fun challenge is students must include (10) words from Victorian England (list included). Product also includes a ready-to-go writing rubric and self-editing checklist based on the research-based Six Traits of Writing: Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Voice, and Conventions. Perfect for a summative assessment yet fun enough for the holidays!

Teaching Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills no this classic with A Christmas Carol Final Exam Test. Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge. Common Core aligned. Answer key included.

Hygge is the Danish word meaning “Comfort or coziness that engenders well-being.” Teaching haikus? Now your students can beat the winter blues with fun and engaging Hygge Poetry Haikus! Ready-to-go 14-page packet includes clear directions, Hygge Haiku Word Bank, Imagery graphic organizer, Hygge Haiku writing page, and an easy-to-score grading rubric for you! You and your students will absolutely love this! Perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!

Teaching text features? Ensure your students know the basics of this important literary skill with the 32-slide Text Features PowerPoint. Product includes the purposes of text features, (16) text features with visual examples, the N.E.A.T. Strategy, and a Check For Understanding Quiz. You and your students will love this! Text Features Addressed in This Product: Table of Contents Index Headings/Subheadings Captions Bold Words/Italics Illustrations Photographs Glossary Labels Graphs/Table/Chart/Diagram Maps Sidebars Bullet Points Title Inset Footnote