Weekly Inspo Vids - Week Thirty-Six
Hey folks,
It’s been a week, let me tell you.
I got hit with a crazy bug that really cleaned my clock. High fever, fatigue, weird dreams.
I’m starting to turn the corner. The only upside is that it’s forced some rest. This time of year feels absolutely insane with graduation looming, extracurriculars clustered together, and family birthdays, bbqs, etc. All good things, just a lot of them!
Thanks for such a high response rate on last week’s embedded survey about the end of the year. Always interested to see who is wrapping up sooner than later.
And from your responses on the End-of-Year-Survey, it sounds like you are more than willing to contribute to other quick polls to understand how and what other readers are doing in their day-to-day. Which reminds me, click below to take the survey if you haven’t already. One week left! I’ll share the results soon.
Some great resources this week. A solid Emailable PD on lesson hooks and a fascinating experiment at a high school. Could you give up your phone for 100 hours? 😳
Enjoy!
Mike
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This week’s resource shifts our focus to another small but powerful part of lesson design: the lesson hook. In many classrooms, hooks are used to grab attention, but they can sometimes feel disconnected from the learning that follows.
The challenge is not that we try to make lessons engaging, but that engagement alone does not always lead to deeper thinking. When a hook is purposeful, it helps students get curious, see why the lesson matters, and enter the learning with a reason to participate.
This week’s resource offers a few simple, practical ways to create stronger lesson hooks, helping teachers spark curiosity, build relevance, and launch learning with greater intention.
