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. Juanita – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    I likje this course thinking outside the book

  2. Corinne – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –

    This was an interesting course. Although I can tailor the information to my science and math curriculum, it would be helpful to have specific courses to my subject area taught.

  3. Jose Alfredo – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was good

  4. Arthur – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    The course has some really good technology tools and strategies. Yet, I feel that the strategies are more aimed at lower grade levels or language arts activities.

  5. Roel – RAYMONDVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I feel that this course is more for elementary and middle students, and not so much for high school students. Also the subjects can be factor on how you can use this information given to us my this presentation.

  6. Blanca – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    great ideas

  7. Alice – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –

    This is a very interesting course with many ideas on how to not only use books in the classroom but how to have the students be more engaged.

  8. Cheryl – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    I found this very difficult to follow. The content was there, but it felt like a long list, everything was rushed through and had poor transition from subject to subject. The examples were fine, but many times, the focus seemed more on the summary of the books/examples and not on what the purpose or assignment was. Thus, I found it difficult to discover what I was suppose to learn from the example given.

  9. Mary Kate – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    Great tool for ELA

  10. Chris – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    The course outlines how to differentiate the work for students and how to think outside of the Box.

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