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Lisa S

Birdville ISD

August 6, 2025

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High School Reading and Writing Strategies

Middle School Reading and Writing Strategies – I had to change the second half of this session because they have already seen the reading cycle activities before

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Mission Handouts

mission challenges

Mission Word Wall

Mission Readings

Lisa’s Crop it Tool

Columbus Images

Social Studies Skills Cards

Sinker Scenarios 2 per page

Preview Puzzles

Word Wall Terms for Columbus

During Reading Strategies Placards

Literacy Strategies for Social Studies

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1 pg card stock Lisa’s Crop it Tool 2

Active-Notes-Scavenger-Hunt

Columbian Exchange Reading

Columbian Exchange Resources

Crop It Template

Literacy Strategies for Social Studies

Reading Doodle Notes

Reading Lesson Plan

10 pgs front to back Mission Readings

Missions in Texas Handouts

Free Bill of Rights Foldable

Create a mini-book with your students over the Bill of Rights and the Principles of Government. Your students can make this book in under 10 minutes, and then you can use it for review with a variety of games.

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Creating models to represent learning engages stud

Creating models to represent learning engages students and builds retention. Keep your models small to save on supplies, and add a writing component to increase rigor. Don’t want a mess? Pipe cleaners work just as well!

Explore the mandatory and voluntary duties of citi

Explore the mandatory and voluntary duties of citizenship. Students are given clue cards to discover the different duties of citizenship. Afterwards they make connections with hexagonal thinking and a consensus circle.

This is one of my favorite lessons. In it students

This is one of my favorite lessons. In it students examine images from the Parthenon in Greece and the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum. Students will then read about the opposing sides of who owns histories treasures, while also completing a graphic organizer, called an opinion/proof. Once they have prepared, you can conduct a class discussion centered around the topic of reparations of the world‘s treasures. It is a great way to engage students in examining contemporary social studies issues. Message me and I will send you the link to this lesson for free.

Make vocabulary instruction engaging with games. S

Make vocabulary instruction engaging with games. Students matched a definition card with a picture card. When we reviewed the definitions, I placed them up with the word wall terms.

socialstudies+ is hitting the road with Jodi Dento

socialstudies+ is hitting the road with Jodi Denton! Our first lesson - a reading challenge on the Growth and Expansion of the West was a huge hit!

Analyzing images, categorizing and then recategori

Analyzing images, categorizing and then recategorizing, are all excellent techniques for building background knowledge with images and excerpts prior to reading.

Manipulatives can demonstrate complex concepts lik

Manipulatives can demonstrate complex concepts like the 3 branches of government and checks and balances.

And this is why I love ❤️ manipulatives (scrol

And this is why I love ❤️ manipulatives (scroll through all of the images).
1. Practice skills like sequencing. 2. Show cause and effect with categories.
3. Evaluate the impact of different events with a spectrum.
4. Engagement and HOTS!

Do you have any manipulatives you use?

Build engagement with question dice. Students read

Build engagement with question dice. Students read a passage shake shake, shake the box and the dice helped the students create a question about their reading. You can find the template for free in my store under dice games.

socialstudies+ requires rigorous thinking, not jus

socialstudies+ requires rigorous thinking, not just rote memorization. Students actively participate in content conversations, then apply their learning. With this resource, students are analyzing artifacts to determine which Civil War battle is represented in a history lab.

Reasons I love lap books. 1. they are student foc

Reasons I love lap books. 1. they are student focused and increase student engagement. 2. they help organize information in a unit. 3. students can refer back to their lap books for reference during review. 4. They’re just fun!

Building Engagement includes novelty. How can you

Building Engagement includes novelty. How can you take an ordinary lesson and add a twist? I love adding manipulatives! In this lesson, students create a model of one of the primary source excerpts from the Preamble. Once their model is made, they write about it! Would you use pipe cleaners to create models in your classroom?

Engage your students with a reading challenge on t

Vocabulary instruction prior to content instructio

Vocabulary instruction prior to content instruction is vital!!!! Do you need to learn more? I have an online PD session on my website.

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