12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers
…and I finally discovered the Reading Workshop approach. It made a tremendous difference in my classroom, and even the most reluctant students actually began to love reading! Here are a…
…and I finally discovered the Reading Workshop approach. It made a tremendous difference in my classroom, and even the most reluctant students actually began to love reading! Here are a…
…works great at Writer’s Workshop when I am having students learn about Word Choice and improving their colorful adjectives and vivid verbs – bonus!) Once students got the hang of…
…great reading expression, different voices for different characters, and even background sound effects. Audio also works great when introducing lessons in the content areas. For example, if you are teaching…
…the Internet. Plickers Free Online Assessment Program Are you using Plickers? It’s a free online program for assessing students, and it’s fun! Here are some resources to check out: Plickers…
…introduce your kids to Seek & Spell Challenge. In fact, they might BEG for this activity! After you read how the game works, download a free sample of this activity…
…would like to purchase the complete packet shown here, you’ll find it in my TeachersPayTeachers store. I think you’ll discovered that it’s easy to implement and it really works! …
…their willingness to help, or their creative ideas when working together. Create a long list and leave it on the board during the next part of the activity. Team Thanks…
…the action. What class doesn’t love beating the teacher? They always want to play again if I win the round. This game works best in longer stretches, so multiple rounds…
…to use calculators! Then we got a look at the new state math test. Holy moly! The test was divided into two parts, a calculator-inactive section, and much longer calculator-active…
…your newsletter is comprised mostly of long paragraphs, parents are less likely to read through the whole thing. A paragraph can be “long” in one of two ways: The first…
…learning explorations, you can learn many management strategies that will help you all day long. The most important strategy of all is a good quiet signal. Perhaps “quiet signal” isn’t…
…I have done with nets is to give the students a piece of paper and let them create the nets. Kids must figure out that the circles on a cylinder…
