Motivate Students to Take Charge of Their Learning
…breath, calm down, and accept the fact that something has to change. But what? And how can you turn things around and end the year strong? Believe it or not,…
…breath, calm down, and accept the fact that something has to change. But what? And how can you turn things around and end the year strong? Believe it or not,…
…I also ordered a set of six stopwatches from Amazon that my students could wear around their necks so they could time their runs and make adjustments. For our first…
…students’s needs. I allowed them to change the form of the word slightly, such as making it plural, changing the verb tense, and so on. Use at least 10 of…
Do your students groan when it’s time for spelling? Spelling might be an important subject, but it doesn’t usually inspire a passion for learning! But that might change if you…
…is still free, too! The big question is how to find those freebies now. If you want to know the backstory behind the change, keep reading. If you just want…
…not know that matter changes its state when it’s heated or cooled as shown in the diagram on the right. I added this diagram to the Condensation Investigation freebie because…
…create a similar problem that uses different numbers, perhaps even fractions or decimals. Some students may change other elements of the problem, changes that would require an entirely different method…
…single experiment. Instead, they repeat the experiment many times, and they are careful to change only one part of the experiment (the variable) while keeping everything else the same. They…
…suggests chips, but I use craft sticks because those chips roll everywhere! I assign a discussion leader, and that role changes for each new discussion question. The leader gives each student 3…
…make it more interesting. For example, if we ask “Who picked apples?” we can name someone specific. Demonstrate how to make the change as shown below. It’s still a boring…
Motivate Kids to Love Reading! It’s February, and your students are tired of the same old routines in reading. They’re ready for a change, and you are, too. But if…
…tremendous change in the way teachers are interacting with students in the classroom. Many of my teachers are becoming facilitators. They are guiding students to create, think critically, and collaborate….
