Students will have fun while learning how to cooperate and communicate.
Team-Building in a Student-Led Classroom
Download the free Claim Evidence Reasoning poster! The framework divides explanations into three logical, manageable, and teachable components for middle school students: Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning.
It’s my first day of school! I love this time of year, all fresh starts and possiblities! Team builder games are one of my favorite things to do in the classroom during the first few weeks …
Steps to Analyzing a Material's Properties From Its Stress/Strain Curve: Intro: "How does this particular material behave?" "Is it brittle? Or is ductile? And to what degree?" "What loads can it withstand before it breaks?" All of these questions and more can be answered by the analysis of the material's Stress/Strain Cu…
A short explanation of phylogeny and using cladograms, where students analyze a diagram, identify derived characters, and then construct their own cladogram.
This is a worksheet to practise genitives.There are three exercises:1) Add the correct genitive ending,2) Choose OF-construction or genitive,3) Fill in: genitive, plural and plural genitive.With KEY !I hope it's useful.SUCCESS !! - ESL worksheets
Embrace the 5E model and mix in hyperdocs to engage and empower new learning construction in your hyper-connected classroom.
Exploring the construction of conic sections. By Tabitha and Joe B
The advantages and disadvatntages of data collection methods and techniques. How to choose the best data gathering method? Top data collection tools.
Looking for 3rd grade anchor charts? We put together some of our favorites to use in your third grade classroom this year!
The purpose of this Constructing Triangles Worksheet is to give plenty of practice for students in constructing triangles, using rulers, compasses and protractors.
In this activity, students use simple materials to build an aquifer model. The model provides a visual demonstration of how water gets underground and the connections between groundwater and surface water.
We are reading, The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, one of my favorite novels to do with upper elementary kids. The book has a ton of information about the people and creatures in Greek mythology.
Here is information about the evaluation category of Bloom's Taxonomy.
This is a boardgame which does not only practise reported speech, but it also encourages students to talk about different aspects of their lives. Each colour represents a different construction e.g. pink - present simple, green - present perfect continuous. - ESL worksheets
Basic Clinometer From Classroom Materials: In this Instructable, I will show you how to make a basic clinometer from classroom materials. A simple version of surveying equipment, a clinometer can be used to find the angle you are looking, for instance from where you are standing to the…
Explore our range of fun and engaging year 4 fractions resources. Help children master fractions with highly visual worksheets.
Do you have ELL's in your classroom? Do you know their English language ability level in the domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing? Haha - do those numbers mean anything to you? Come on over and grab some charts I give out at the beginning of each year to help my teachers understand the ELL's levels in English and what it will look like in the classroom.
Searching for a way to make writing instruction more fun and engaging? These fun writing acronyms will help you spice up your writing lessons and engage students in writing!
My Preppies absolutely LOVE playing games. I use them in our Literacy and Maths rotations, and then move them to be a 'free choice' option for a bit of learning disguised as play! Here's a few of our favourites (that I'm sure you've seen online before!): 1. I call this one 'Power Tower'. The kidlets take turns to choose a cup from the pile. If they can read the sight word written on it, they are able to add it to the Power Tower. For low-ability groups I help and we figure the tricky words out together. The motivation of missing out on adding a cup to the tower is enough to make the other groups think long and hard about the tricky words, and we rarely have to pass on a word. 2. My 'Splat!' mats were the best thing I made this year for my classroom. I'd been using 'Splat!' as a way to practise sight word recognition, but I was forever losing my laminated flies and bugs - of which I had hundreds in order to cover all of the words in our sight word program. These mats make it so easy to play - grab the mats that cover the lists you want to revise, grab the fly swats and off you go! 3. I'd say that 'Gone Buggy' is the favourite of all the Maths games we play in my classroom. I use a pocket dice, some dollar store bugs and laminated jars. The kidlets love to add bugs to their jar when they roll a number, but are always disappointed when they roll the bug spray or a fly swat! First to 10 bugs wins. :) I originally saw this idea over at Kindergarten... Kindergarten. 4. Oh iPads... is there anything you can't do? I have 10 iPads in my room and I use them for independent skill practise, listening stations, as a reward and for those kidlets who respond well to the visual/auditory/kinaesthetic combo (uh... that may be all of them!). Do your kids love games as much as mine? :) Lauren
Constructivism provides students with rich experiences and encourages them to reach their own conclusions.
My first year of teaching was full of disruptive students in the beginning. That is, until I discovered this method to control my class!
Inside: Ideas for playing Bingo in the Spanish classroom and a free printable Bingo board. It might seem odd to dedicate an entire post to the humble game of Bingo. Bingo is traditionally a game for developing listening skills and recognizing words, a staple in almost any language classroom. Don’t miss the versatility of this game,
Tidbits and treats for teachers
Make your own sticky sticks to make a silly sentence or two makes learning fun!
Basic vocabulary, like knowing prepositions, is necessary for beginning readers. Teach prepositions with this simple game.
I've included some tips to use the adjectives endings in -ful or -less and the most common of these adjectives for B1 students. Then there are some sentences to practice. Key provided - ESL worksheets
None of us want to admit it, but test prep is a crucial part of many of our jobs. We have to introduce kids to the format of the test before they get to the test. We have to teach them how to respond to the sort of questions the test will ask them. And we have to teach them to read and answer thoroughly and completely. I don't know about you, but most of my kids try and take the easy way out.
Looking for some new ideas and activities to teach cladograms and phylogenetic trees? Check out this list below of fun activities and interactive websites. 1. Cladogram Construction: This free activity from Carolina Biological is nice and simple- a great way to introduce cladograms to your students. It has students construct a cladogram and then make ... Read more
