Thinking Outside the Book

$20.00

Presenter: Sheila Mulbry & Nicole Shannon, Round Rock ISD
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Do you want your gifted students to deepen their responses to the text they read? One of the most fulfilling moments in a teacher’s day is when the light comes on, a sign that the students are making a deep connection with the material being taught. Teaching students to think outside the book is one of the ways you can empower your students to experience those “aha” moments.

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Description

Thinking Outside the Book is an ideal course for educators looking for resources to guide students toward creating unique and complex assignments. You’ll learn to lead them to have a deeper response to quality literature, which will ultimately help their love and respect for reading.
In this one-hour course you will learn to incorporate a variety of media to differentiate responses and push your students toward thinking and creating outside the book.

Trainers Sheila Mulbry and Nicole Shannon share their personal best-practices on:

  • Using mysteries in literature
  • Developing puzzle fiction projects
  • Creating personal response papers
  • Identifying themes and vocabulary in literature
  • Writing mini-research reports

And more!

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.

Presenter Bio

Nicole Shannon, M.Ed. has over 19 years of experience in gifted education. She currently serves as the Advanced Academics Specialist for Hutto ISD. Prior to joining her current district, Nicole served as the Coordinator of Gifted/Advanced Academic Services for Round Rock ISD for five years. She was a gifted specialist in Round Rock ISD for 10 years before taking this position. She has presented at the district, local, and state level to preservice and in-service teachers, counselors, administrators, and parents on a variety of topics in gifted education throughout her years in this field. Prior to moving to Round Rock, Nicole served as a teacher, curriculum coordinator, and school principal at private schools in Honolulu, HI, San Diego, CA, and Virginia Beach, VA. Nicole graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Learning and Development from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership with a specialization in Gifted/Talented at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. 

Sheila Mulbry currently serves as Gifted Coordinator with Lockhart ISD. She is a constant advocate for
gifted students and their special needs and has presented staff development on gifted education for the
past 20 years at local, state, and national conventions. She obtained BA degrees in Humanities (‘83) and
Elementary Education (‘90) and holds ESL and Gifted Endorsements from the State. Awards include
TAGT’s 2019 Educator of the Gifted. Sheila is currently serving as TAGT’s Board of Directors, K-12
Representative. 

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2742 reviews for Thinking Outside the Book

  1. Josefina – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Good info

  2. Carolina – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very useful by providing many resources to use in the classroom after reading a book.

  3. PAULA D – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    It is an excellent course, I highly recommended!

  4. Heather – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –

    well organized, thoughtfully prepared, applicable ideas, and relevant demonstration of theory

  5. TRONA – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –

    great ideas

  6. Jennifer – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –

    Informative and useful.

  7. Rachel – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    I think this is more catered towards elementary teachers, so it would be nice to have ideas incorporated as to how secondary teachers could use these techniques.

  8. Alaina – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    I like the ideas in this course, but the presentation didn’t seem to really be what the presenters had created. I felt like the presentation was just the visual representation of what was being said instead of truly adding to what was being said. It seemed like the presenters were really sharing more examples to help us understand their ideas and how to implement them.

  9. Ramon – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    I learned many strategies and books to use in research and how to use them for personal response papers.

  10. Stephanie – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –

    This is a wonderful session for elementary teachers.

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