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ENGAGEMENT
When students are engaged, learning happens without a fight. Engagement makes learning fun and teaching easier. Check out the various tips, ideas, and strategies to engage your students in your classroom.
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Worksheets. They have been around for a long time. I would imagine the first teacher was carrying around large blocks of stone with work etched
An Exciting New Way to Look at Brag Tags
Brag tags are exciting, engaging, and extremely motivating in the classroom. Students love them, and there’s no doubt based on the massive supply of them
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Creative Ways to Make Science Engaging & Memorable
When you ask students what science makes them think of, there are two groups. There is a group of kids who think of science experiments
Making Photosynthesis Engaging to Upper Elementary
Photosynthesis is a difficult concept for third graders – even older grades really, depending on how in-depth you go with it. When I teach my
Catch Their Attention From the Start
Holding students’ attention in the classroom now is more difficult than years ago. I blame electronics. No, really, I do. Kids are constantly holding electronic
Review with Throwback Thursday
Spiral review is important. Do you do it? Are you looking for a way to make it fun and to only take about 20 minutes
Using QR Codes in the Classroom
I’m always looking to integrate technology more into my lesson plans because our district is always pushing it, it’s the here and now, and well, it’s part
Current Events in the Classroom
I like to teach my students to be aware of the events surrounding them in the world. To do this, I teach them how to
50 Practices that Engage Students
With all the technology and instant gratification out there, sometimes it can be difficult to engage students. I know sometimes I think, “what can I
A Nonfiction Reading Challenge (And A Freebie!)
I’m a Common Core school district and that meant more informational text. By 4th grade, students are expected to have 50% of their passages be nonfiction reading
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