Mandy Neal's articles Teaching Ideas Interactive Read Alouds in Upper Elementary One of my fondest memories as a fourth-grader was my teacher, Mrs. Meyers, reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. I remember her reading the book to us as she sat on her stool in front of the class. She wore glasses, and I recall how she would push them up with the Written by Mandy Neal December 19, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teaching Ideas 15 Tips to Purposeful Planning You have a plan time, so why do you have to take so much work home? Well, let’s see. You have emails to respond to, phone calls to return, paperwork demanded from administrators, papers to grade, copies to make, plans to write, a restroom break would be nice. The list seems like it Written by Mandy Neal December 11, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teaching Ideas One Topic, Three Genres and Endless Possibilities I’ve written about list writing for students. List writing is an excellent way for students to generate topics to write about, and when they say the infamous statement that they don’t know what to write about, you can redirect students to their writer’s notebook and their lis Written by Mandy Neal November 19, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Professional Development Accelerating Change And Transformation In Legacy Organizations “Without evidence that the present is deficient in some way, motivation to innovate is lacking.” -Amy Edmondson via Teaming to Innovate We live in a world that is facing a plethora of digital transformations that are continuously shifting society, industries and our organizations. Written by Mandy Neal November 17, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teaching Ideas 5 + Ways to Use Graphic Organizers in Reading Graphic organizers have been around forever, but do you use them to their full potential? I know that I always haven’t, so that is why I have compiled a list of ways to use them. While doing read alouds during Reading Workshop, have students complete a graphic organizer as you are readin Written by Mandy Neal November 12, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Professional Development Building Deeper Understandings (Series): The Cycle Of Vulnerability “Employees, as well as leaders, long for certainty. Formerly, securing a position in an organization meant getting employment for a lifetime. This is no longer true. As organizations face more challenges than ever before, employees face more uncertainty, particularly about th Written by Mandy Neal November 10, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teaching Ideas 6 Ways to Incorporate Grammar Incorporating grammar doesn’t have to be a long, drawn-out daunting task for teachers and students. Done right, it can be done in minutes a day and can actually be considered fun. Fun, what?!?! Use texts that you have read or are reading in class to show students quality sentences Written by Mandy Neal November 6, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teaching Ideas November Teaching Resources The crazy month of October is over…now comes November. There are so many things that I love about November and am abundantly thankful for! First, it’s a short school day month. It’s a month of Thanksgiving, and the time spent with family is priceless! Free Written by Mandy Neal October 28, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teaching Ideas How to Create a Google Classroom Assignment From Drive Like all things technology, Google changed up Google Classroom this past year. One of the things that changed was how to create and assign an assignment. If you’re new to Google Classroom, then you won’t know the difference! So, let’s get started on how to create and assign a Googl Written by Mandy Neal October 23, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teaching Ideas Writer’s Notebook: My students have a list, now what? How many of you have your students make lists to include inside their writer’s notebook? Specifically, at the beginning of the year. How many of you only have your students refer back to them if they say they don’t know what to write about? What if students created lists and actually kne Written by Mandy Neal October 15, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Professional Development Engaging The Entrepreneurial Mindset: The Extra “E” In STEAM “Not everyone can be or even wants to be an entrepreneur, but everyone should want to be entrepreneurial.” -via Inc. This idea of being entrepreneurial is not a new concept, rather, it is one we have been discussing for years. However, it is a concept that is beginning to be Written by Mandy Neal October 13, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Professional Development Facing The Future: Deeper Learning “If you don’t reinvent yourself, change your organization structure; if you don’t talk about speed of innovation – you’re going to get disrupted. And it’ll be a brutal disruption, where the majority of companies will not exist in a meaningful way ten to fift Written by Mandy Neal September 15, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Teaching Ideas Interactive Read Alouds in Upper Elementary One of my fondest memories as a fourth-grader was my teacher, Mrs. Meyers, reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. I remember her reading the book to us as she sat on her stool in front of the class. She wore glasses, and I recall how she would push them up with the Written by Mandy Neal December 19, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teaching Ideas 15 Tips to Purposeful Planning You have a plan time, so why do you have to take so much work home? Well, let’s see. You have emails to respond to, phone calls to return, paperwork demanded from administrators, papers to grade, copies to make, plans to write, a restroom break would be nice. The list seems like it Written by Mandy Neal December 11, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teaching Ideas One Topic, Three Genres and Endless Possibilities I’ve written about list writing for students. List writing is an excellent way for students to generate topics to write about, and when they say the infamous statement that they don’t know what to write about, you can redirect students to their writer’s notebook and their lis Written by Mandy Neal November 19, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Professional Development Accelerating Change And Transformation In Legacy Organizations “Without evidence that the present is deficient in some way, motivation to innovate is lacking.” -Amy Edmondson via Teaming to Innovate We live in a world that is facing a plethora of digital transformations that are continuously shifting society, industries and our organizations. Written by Mandy Neal November 17, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teaching Ideas 5 + Ways to Use Graphic Organizers in Reading Graphic organizers have been around forever, but do you use them to their full potential? I know that I always haven’t, so that is why I have compiled a list of ways to use them. While doing read alouds during Reading Workshop, have students complete a graphic organizer as you are readin Written by Mandy Neal November 12, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Professional Development Building Deeper Understandings (Series): The Cycle Of Vulnerability “Employees, as well as leaders, long for certainty. Formerly, securing a position in an organization meant getting employment for a lifetime. This is no longer true. As organizations face more challenges than ever before, employees face more uncertainty, particularly about th Written by Mandy Neal November 10, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teaching Ideas 6 Ways to Incorporate Grammar Incorporating grammar doesn’t have to be a long, drawn-out daunting task for teachers and students. Done right, it can be done in minutes a day and can actually be considered fun. Fun, what?!?! Use texts that you have read or are reading in class to show students quality sentences Written by Mandy Neal November 6, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teaching Ideas November Teaching Resources The crazy month of October is over…now comes November. There are so many things that I love about November and am abundantly thankful for! First, it’s a short school day month. It’s a month of Thanksgiving, and the time spent with family is priceless! Free Written by Mandy Neal October 28, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teaching Ideas How to Create a Google Classroom Assignment From Drive Like all things technology, Google changed up Google Classroom this past year. One of the things that changed was how to create and assign an assignment. If you’re new to Google Classroom, then you won’t know the difference! So, let’s get started on how to create and assign a Googl Written by Mandy Neal October 23, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teaching Ideas Writer’s Notebook: My students have a list, now what? How many of you have your students make lists to include inside their writer’s notebook? Specifically, at the beginning of the year. How many of you only have your students refer back to them if they say they don’t know what to write about? What if students created lists and actually kne Written by Mandy Neal October 15, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Professional Development Engaging The Entrepreneurial Mindset: The Extra “E” In STEAM “Not everyone can be or even wants to be an entrepreneur, but everyone should want to be entrepreneurial.” -via Inc. This idea of being entrepreneurial is not a new concept, rather, it is one we have been discussing for years. However, it is a concept that is beginning to be Written by Mandy Neal October 13, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Professional Development Facing The Future: Deeper Learning “If you don’t reinvent yourself, change your organization structure; if you don’t talk about speed of innovation – you’re going to get disrupted. And it’ll be a brutal disruption, where the majority of companies will not exist in a meaningful way ten to fift Written by Mandy Neal September 15, 2019January 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
