Eight Steps for Review Game Success
April 3, 2019
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Active review games are essential to student success! There are so many different ways to play review games in your class – but to make
Using Connection Cards to Enhance Vocabulary Instruction
September 2, 2018
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If you are like me, you are always looking for a new way to utilize your Word Wall. Recently I was playing around with different
Building Engagement in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom
August 17, 2018
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When students are working with each other on a task that requires cooperation, you will get engaged students. Don’t think that just assigning a student
New Ideas for Word Walls
July 30, 2018
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Your word wall should have terms and color images. You do not need to post the definition for the word wall to be effective. The
Lap Books: Out of the House and into the Classroom
February 2, 2018
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Lap Books have been a very popular tool for research, study and review in the world of homeschool instruction. The variety of benefits from
Teaching the Constitution
October 22, 2017
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Constitutional Conflict? How do you grab your students attention with the Constitution? It’s hard for students to read and hard for them to understand. I
Why Study History?
July 21, 2017
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As a classroom teacher, you often get hit with that question – usually within the first week of school by a student who “Does Not
Misery-Free Vocabulary Strategies
July 7, 2017
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I am from the generation when vocabulary was taught by each student taking out a sheet of paper, copying the new words and writing
Task Cards that Multi-Task for You
July 1, 2017
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Every teacher is a multi-tasker. You are listening to one group, keeping an eye on another group, assessing if the information you are providing is