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First Grade Time Filler Memory Game

Kathy Foust
Categories : Fun activities & crafts for grade school

Here is a fun game to play whenever you have a few minutes in waiting to manage a class of twenty or more students. It helps improve memory skills …

Fun Game to Teach Telling Time Skills

Kathy Foust
Categories : Fun activities & crafts for grade school

Learn how to make a telling time game and use it to help your students learn this skill. This game will entertain as well as educate your students.

How to Motivate the Homeschooled Student: Four Tips

Ronda Bowen
Categories : Homeschool teaching techniques & tips

Don’t let yourself or your kids get burned out on too much work. Here are some great tips on motivating your homeschooler to succeed and have …

How to Plan and Organize Items for Student Portfolios in the Middle School Language Arts Classroom

Kellie Hayden
Categories : Teaching methods, tips & strategies

Portfolios are a wonderful educational tool. However, it is helpful to plan what needs to go into a working portfolio and a final portfolio so that …

Lesson Plan: Choosing a Topic for a Research Paper -- How to Get Your High School Students to Choose Interesting Writing Topics

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Interesting writing topics are everywhere. Why, then, do my students keep turning in boring papers? It’s because they don’t know how to …

Review Game for Eight Parts of Speech Identification

Kellie Hayden
Categories : English lesson plans for middle school

Students work in teams to create sentences that match the parts of speech written on the board. Each team has 60 seconds to assemble a correct …

Steps in Identifying a Topic for Research: Creating a Research Topic Question

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Teaching students how to identify a topic question establishes the foundation for writing effective thesis statements.

Students Create Review Games in Small Groups Lesson

Kellie Hayden
Categories : Middle school teaching strategies

Add a little competition to any task, and most students will be engaged. One of the best ways to review material in class for an upcoming assessment …

Tips for Storing and Using Portfolios in the Middle School Language Arts Classroom

Kellie Hayden
Categories : Middle school teaching strategies

Portfolios are a great educational tool to use in the classroom that can show growth and learning, although making them work effectively can be …

Have Your Science Students Create Projects Using Photo Story 3 For Windows XP

Elizabeth Porter
Categories : Teaching methods, tips & strategies

Want to integrate technology into your science units? Making class or individual videos showcasing student projects, work, and narration of what they …