Vocabulary is one of the largest gaps in my classroom and is a huge barrier to comprehension and success on state testing. Morning work is a perfect time to focus on building their vocabulary skills. The set has word wall cards, interactive notebook.
Mr. Potato Head Building Variation. Take pictures of Potato Heads with an iPad. Students can scroll through pictures to choose Potato Head. Have the students make matching potato heads. Goals - requesting, WH questions, describing, sentence building
Bloom's Taxonomy / new teacher evaluations require evidence of lesson planning for higher level thinking ~ I like thinking of it as a ladder and not a pyramid. All students can get to the top, with a pyramid it feels like only a few can.