How many of you have tried digital break-outs, or any kind of break-out for that matter in your classroom? If you haven't I promise you are missing out on a fun way to engage your students in their content while making those brains work on some serious critical thinking skills! After spending $$ on my favorite website ( TeachersPayTeachers of course) on digital breakouts I decided I really needed to learn how to do this myself. Especially when I couldn't find the exact item I'm wanting. Let's face it... it's hard living in a Common Core World when I work in a TEKS environment! Common Core and Texas Essential Knowlege and Skills (TEKS) are pretty different and most of what I tend to find is catered to Common Core. Time for me to "BREAKOUT!" I would like to tell you that I spent a large amount of time researching and putting together my first break-out but let me be honest with you... I didn't have that time because I actually want t