Mission 8848 to Mt. Everest

This opportunity looks AMAZING!

Quick snapshot-

-2017 Expedition to Mt. Everest

-Live stream broadcast from the Summit

-Joining 1 million students worldwide

-Lots of lessons ideas and resources for science and geography

-Collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving

-Climate change and global warming

*Free* Lesson support and coaching every step of the way! (No pun intended!)

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, I'd love to come to a team meeting and explore further!

https://education.microsoft.com/Story/Lesson?token=0FVug

Columns in Docs

I read on Twitter last night that Google added a great feature to Docs.  Now you can easily create columns in the text!

Go to Format > Columns and choose the number of columns you need.  You can do this on a blank document, or by highlighting a paragraph and changing it to columns.  

BEFORE:

AFTER:

You can even add a PICTURE:

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Global Read Aloud

Hello ELA teachers!

Looking for good novels to read aloud to your students?  Want free ideas to help them enjoy the story and connect with others?

Think about joining the Global Read Aloud!  The teachers who tried it out last year loved it!

What is it?

1) Each year a handful of books are selected by teachers to read aloud to their classes.

2) Teachers sign up online and start reading the book(s) they choose to their students.  Last year over 1 million students in 60 different countries connected to share a common reading experience!

3) Read the books from October 3rd-November 7th.

4) Depending on how involved you want to get, students can participate in lessons and activities related to the stories.  I can share more in person and help you get connected and make some plans for activities tied to what you are doing in your classes.  

Here is a clip with a better explanation from the founder, Pirnelle Ripp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJwBL1CzDus

Still interested?  Here are the four chapter books to choose from (only pick one).

All American Boys	Jason Reynolds Brendan Kiely
The BFG	Roald Dahl
Orbiting Jupiter	Gary D. Schmidt
Pax	Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen

There are also picture books (read one per week):

Twenty Yawns	Lauren Castillo (Author study)
The Troublemaker
Nana City
Yard Sale
The Reader

If you or your team is interested, let me know and we can chat more about it!