One of the best ways to engage and motivate students is to apply learning to real-world situations or to associate the learning with something that students can identify with. The examples that follow have been used successfully in classrooms around the country and can be adapted for your subject and [...]
Jeanne from Kirtland, NM teaches Quadratic Equation Through Song
During the week of August 10th I was pleased to work with two great groups of teachers. During the first great session in Kirtland New Mexico, one of the high school math teachers agreed to demonstrate how she uses music by singing the quadratic formula to the [...]
Teaching Nouns with Humor
When I teach nouns to my resource students, I always begin with this concrete strategy. With a regular trash can in the front of my room I drop a pencil, book, eraser, etc into the can. I then tell them these are all “things”, and all “things” are nouns! I then step [...]
Presenting Differentiated Instruction Strategies
I’m preparing and packing today to go to Albuquerque tomorrow morning. I’ll head up to Santa Fe tomorrow night and plan to spend some time enjoying Santa Fe on Monday. Tuesday, I will present “A Differentiated Instruction Strategy Blast” at a conference held by the Northeast Regional Education Coop (Rec 4) [...]
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