Today marked my 3rd annual trek up Mt. Everest with my students. It coincides with our reading of Peak by Roland Smith and usually falls on a day about halfway through reading the novel. It is by far one of the most fun spins to a normal reading day. It all begins with a hook……
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Our Flight to Tibet
Last night I was in the middle of a great Twitter chat with the #xplap crew about immersive engagement and planning out today’s lesson at the same time when I got an idea. Why was I talking about immersive engagement and not creating an immersive lesson at the same time? It seemed a little hypocritical,…
Help support my students…
When I was in elementary school I used to love getting book orders. I would spend hours poring over the selections, circling books I might want, and crossing out books that looked boring. Sometimes my parents would buy me one of these books, and there is nothing quite like the experience of getting a new…