Tips for Teaching Informational Text
…and ask them to help you brainstorm how those text types are alike and different. Record their ideas on a class Venn diagram. If you have a document camera, use…
…and ask them to help you brainstorm how those text types are alike and different. Record their ideas on a class Venn diagram. If you have a document camera, use…
…you and your kids are restless! Math games will motivate your students, keep them on task, and also help them review important skills … while giving them the chance to…
…helps! If they start interrupting again, I redirect them to write it on a post it. Amanda McAllister: In my experience Whole Brain Teaching really helps with minimizing those students…
…number of responses, I compile the best answers to create a helpful blog post. Today’s Question Today’s question comes from Nikole, who is wondering, “I teach 4th grade at a…
…not their friend. Amber Freshour – Patience will help you more than you know. I am a loud person, and It took me several years to learn that a calm…
…around your classroom and keep an eye out for early finishers. Provide feedback and ask questions to help student dig deeper and put forth more effort. 4) Do speed conferences….
…webquests online can be a huge help in language arts, plus they love using the internet. It is a lot of extra prep, but they will really start responding and…
…use to help increase my students’ engagement and number sense during my math block. Do you play games in your classroom? Wait… what?! No time? Well… you should make time!…
…consider how much energy a reader wastes when he or she has to slowly decode every word in a passage. To help my 5th graders improve their oral reading fluency,…
…and they loved it! I invited them to help me adapt the concept for younger students and to field test the activities in their own classrooms. As I created the…
…collaboration. Now it seems like bloggers are just trying to make a buck off their fellow teachers. If they truly cared about helping other teachers and students, they would offer…
…control over, I wanted to share with you some strategies that I have used over the years to help fit more science in when I’m limited with class time. 1….
