Student loved, teacher approved
Let's face it, with only a month left of school, the teachers are tired (mostly of all of the testing) and the kids are getting restless. Teachers are looking for easy, yet effective/engaging lessons to teach. Well, I have some news for you. There's this ridiculously amazing, engaging, student loved--teacher approved, FREE website. It's called "Literacy Shed" . If you don't use it yet, then you and your students are missing out! I refer to this site as "The Netflix of Short Films" . A majority of the films have zero character dialogue, which requires the students to make inferences throughout the film. Proof that my students LOVE these short films: Sometimes they request to watch them as a "brain break". I've even had students watch these at home, by choice, and have in depth discussions with their peers about their different theories of the films. I've had students request to share their theory about one of ...
