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.
Lisa – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the ideas and strategies that was mentioned in this course.
MARTHA E – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was nice to see the different things I could do with my students.
Diana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational.
Kristen – Pilot (verified owner) –
It was a little difficult to follow
Joe – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course on what else to do with GT students
MARK A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I love it
Jennifer – ANDREWS ISD (verified owner) –
There were some really good ideas for extending reading, they just weren’t applicable to my grade level.
Victoria – MARIETTA CITY (verified owner) –
A lot of good information.
Yazmin – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting and gave great ideas
Keelie – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
loved the ideas
ELVIA L – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
love it
LAURA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Karen – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
A very helpful course.
Maria – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent specific ideas are explained and examples are shown. It encourages the implementation of ideas, not simply suggesting.
Maria – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Good.
Laura – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I like the ideas but would like more ideas about doing this with kinder students.
Monte – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked how many different examples were given showing how students can take charge of their own learning within the classroom which in turn creates a more positive learning environment
Melissa – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course was very insightful and made me smile because it reminded me of how I used to teach. Now I am bound by teaching curriculum programs with fidelity and it leaves little to no room within a day for me to have my students “Think Outside of the Book.”
Amber – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I teach primary grades so I felt like these ideas were geared for upper elementary and middle school. Other than that, they were great ideas.
Brianna – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the ideas they gave for differentiation.
Elaine – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I like all the ideas given to use in the classroom.
Jennifer – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
The course was very helpful and gave lots of ideas to use in my classroom.
Linda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really like the presenters gave book titles and ideas what activity to use.
Gabriela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great activities and suggestions.
Samantha – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
I liked how it was easy to relate to the topic of gifted
Caitlyn – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course!
Lorena – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I think this module is great for more upper levels rather than kinder.
Trevor – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
I may have misunderstood what this class what meant to be, but when it was stated as thinking outside of the book the class did seem to mentioned mostly only book reports and other reading activites.
Claudia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it!
Leslie – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course.
Jennifer – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with resources I can use in the classroom.
Heather – MIAMI EAST LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course provided a TON of strategies to implement into existing lessons. I was able to collect ideas to add into almost every chapter of my curriculum.
Shannon – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas.
Amy – GREENEVIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
I LOVED THE IDEAS!
Amy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative.
Carrie – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Good ideas for differentiation and new resources.
Gabriela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
helpful information is given!
Zafarzhan – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
very good
Maria – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Priscilla – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the ideas shared by the presenters. I feel like it is something easy that could be incorporated into the lessons.
Lorena – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was pretty interesting. A lot of this information will be useful in my classroom .
Deborah – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
There were a lot of great ideas to choose from. Even as a math and science teacher I was able to pull out a few that I could use.
MIKE – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to follow, with great ideas
Andrew – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I like the emphasis it places on student centered learning.
Karla – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative
Jeannie – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas!
Kassandra – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great differentiaion info.
Katie – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information
Kimberly – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting, but not as relevant to collegiate level science.
Kimberley – KENT CITY (verified owner) –
It was super informative.