10 Tips for Teaching Kids to Be Awesome Critical Thinkers
Website: We Are Teacher Article Posted by: Marlana Martinelli Getting students to dig deeper and answer questions using higher-level thinking can be a
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Differentiated Instructional Strategy: Reflective Journaling
Reflective Journaling Reflective journals are notebooks that students use when writing about their own thoughts. This helps students sort what they know from
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50 Brilliant Dollar Store Hacks for the Classroom
1. Cotton swabs Blue and yellow make green, and there’s no better way to learn this than having students do it themselves. Give
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Differentiated Instructional Strategy: ORID
ORID This is a strategy for student reflection. ORID grid: A new learning experience for me was… Something that was affirmed for me
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3 Teachers Who Knew Nothing About STEM Started a Robotics Program
AND YOU CAN TOO! Website: We Are Teachers Article Posted by Kimberley Moran When Maureen Reilly, fourth-grade teacher at PS 261 in Brooklyn,
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Differentiated Instructional Strategy: KWL
KWL This strategy helps teachers assess students’ level of understanding. ü Create a KWL chart. ü Complete the first two columns before the
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Differentiated Instructional Strategy: Think, Pair, Share
Think, Pair, Share Confidence-building while learning ü The teacher poses a question. ü Students are given time to think about the question.
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Writing Activity: Text a Message
Text a Message Read a fairy tale aloud to your class. Discuss what kind of message a fairy tale character would send. Example:
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Differentiated Instructional Strategy: AQS
Differentiation is a method of teaching that recognizes that students learn in different ways. Carol Ann Tomlinson believes differentiation means giving students multiple
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Amazing Anchor Charts for Reading Comprehension
What are Anchor Charts? Anchor Charts are instructional tools educators display in the classroom, which students use as a reference. Information displayed on
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