First day back and this short activity with just a few lines took approximately 45 minutes to complete.
Yes, you heard that correctly. I wasn’t trying to buy time, nor give students busy work. Nor was I on my tik tok in class responding to comments about my last video.
This was pure building block communication that led to a surprisingly engaged and talkative classroom.
The video walks you through how I layered each phase of the activity. Best of all, it wasn’t even planned!
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Comprehensible Novels for the Classroom
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