Expect Unexpected Engagement When you try Hexagonal Thinking in ELA
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I used to comb the shelves of libraries and bookstores looking for PD books that would show me exactly what to do in class to light things up. But they were so hard to find. Jennifer Gonzalez’s Teacher Tech Guide is that rare golden apple.
I double dog dare you not to lose yourself in its pages, opening dozens of tabs and scrawling a page of notes about the many, many ways you want to use the ideas inside in your classes ASAP.
A good planner gives you room to plan, but also to dream, to draw, to scrawl list after list after list and add plenty of stickers. I love custom designing an Erin Condren planner to keep track of my work and life.
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