Category: Cooperative Learning

Listen to the Inspired Teaching Made Easy Podcast to discover how to engage both your heart and your mind to improve your teaching practice.

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Buddy Bio Poems is a poetry writing lesson AND a fun icebreaker all in one! Makes a great back-to-school activity or an easy introduction to poetry writing!

Buddy Bio Poems is a poetry writing lesson AND a fun icebreaker all in one! Makes a great back-to-school activity or an easy introduction to

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Team Scoot – A New Twist On An Old Favorite

Have you heard of the popular class review game called Scoot? It’s a whole class activity that gets kids up and moving from one seat

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Easter egg activities aren't just for little ones! You can use colorful plastic eggs to jazz up any review activity using this Easter Egg Showdown review game!

Easter egg activities aren’t just for little ones! You can use colorful plastic eggs to jazz up any review activity using this Easter Egg Showdown

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Weathering, erosion, and deposition are difficult concepts for students to grasp because all three processes seem similar when you first learn them. This free sorting activity from Laura Candler will help your students develop a deeper understanding of how landforms are changed by the processes of weathering, erosion, and deposition.

Weathering, erosion, or deposition? This sorting activity will help your students understand how landforms are changed by these three processes.

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February is a great time to include seasonal activities in your lessons. Discover fun resources for Valentine's Day, Black History Month, and Friendship Month!

February is a great time to include seasonal activities in your lessons. Discover fun resources for Valentine’s Day, Black History Month, and Friendship Month!

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Gifts for Santa's Scientists is a fun cooperative learning research activity! Students work in teams to learn about 12 types scientists, and then decide which of Santa's science gifts go to each scientist.

Gifts for Santa’s Scientists is a fun cooperative learning research activity! Students learn about 12 types scientists and then decide which of Santa’s science gifts

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Teaching Kids How to Write Super Sentences

How do you encourage your students to write longer, more interesting sentences? You know what will happen if you simply ask them to write longer

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‘Pumpkin Predictions’ is a perfect fall-themed activity for upper elementary students because it’s not a Halloween activity, but it seems like one. The lesson is

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Did you know that Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th? Grab the Swashbuckling Pirate Fun freebie and explore resources for celebrating this fun

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Do your students know how to have REAL conversations in which they listen to others and connect their ideas? This post describes concrete strategies you

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Penguin fractions make fraction concepts fun to learn and easy to understand! Download a free Equivalent Fractions Sorting activity to try with your students!

Penguin fractions make fraction concepts fun to learn and easy to understand! Download a free Equivalent Fractions Sorting activity to try with your students!

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Category: Cooperative Learning

Team Scoot – A New Twist On An Old Favorite

Team Scoot – A New Twist on an Old Favorite

Have you heard of the popular class review game called Scoot? It’s a whole class activity that gets kids up and moving from one seat to another as they solve problems. Before the game, place a different task card on each student’s desk, and give each student a blank numbered

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Teaching Kids How to Write Super Sentences

Teaching Kids How to Write Super Sentences

How do you encourage your students to write longer, more interesting sentences? You know what will happen if you simply ask them to write longer sentences…  they’ll just add more words to the end, resulting in long, rambling run-ons! After struggling with this problem myself, I developed a method that

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Pumpkin Predictions Measurement Fun!

‘Pumpkin Predictions’ is a perfect fall-themed activity for upper elementary students because it’s not a Halloween activity, but it seems like one. The lesson is actually a great math review since it involves estimation and hands-on measurement. The activity is designed as cooperative learning lesson that requires students to work

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