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Capitalizing on Vocabulary

Strategies for teaching vocabulary from teachers in the [...]

Seven Surefire Ways to Relate Classroom Material to the Student's World

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 [...]

Hit Tunes from Real Teachers

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 [...]

Brain Friendly Classrooms

there is no more brain-friendly approach to teaching than using strategies. A teacher who greets students in the morning and looks like he or she is excited about the content, process, and outcome of the learning is [...]

Total Body Learning: Movement & Academics

Many of the students in your class are Bodily-Kinesthetic learners. They learn through their bodies and they need to move. They wiggle and squirm. The following ideas can help make movement be a positive learning force in your [...]

Vocabulary and Spelling Made Fun

So, how about a homework assignment that requires students to create a word collage of sorts. Would that encourage [...]

The Body of the Essay: A Visual Demonstration

The Body of an essay…I use the human body as an analogy to explain the parts of an essay. This blog entry shows you [...]

Your Own Wiki Pages

Imagine your students being able to log on and participate in the creation and editing of their own webpages. Imagine using this to reinforce English [...]

Improving Student Learning One Teacher At A Time

Apologies for my absence, I like to update weekly but I’ve been so busy. The fortunate side of this is I now have loads to share! Specifically, I have this book that was recommended to me by a teacher at a recent seminar.

“THE BIG FOUR”

Jane E. Pollock’s “Improving Student Learning: One Teacher at a [...]

Calming your Class

Linda Schlyer, the Title 1 Math Specialist at Castle Rock Middle School says she uses wind chimes in her classroom to calm students.
Here are some other options for calming a classroom from the the Thinking Classroom out of the U.K.
What do you use? If you have some calming tips, please add them!