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By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:46:13 +0000

I would like to know how to make reading more engaging. I believe students need to spend time reading in class and not necessarily working on a project. Making a diorama does not make them a better reader and they can do it without reading the book. Please help.

By: Stephanie VI

Stephanie VI — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 22:23:38 +0000

I completely agree with you that hands on learning is the best way to engage students! If a student physically does something, they will remember it for a long time. You are an inspiring teacher for how dedicated you are to the job; you’re letting nothing get in your way of doing the best you possibly can, and that’s how I aspire to be in my own classroom.
Thank you for these awesome blog posts!

By: Kerry Moquett

Kerry Moquett — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:09:27 +0000

I get students very engaged when they are creating media, either physically or digitally. They are physically involved for kinesthetic learning. They are having to think and make decisions, and verbally explain their products. They get to decide on themes and how to present. It can get a bit chaotic, but they love it and I display their work.

By: frustrated teacher in Indiana

frustrated teacher in Indiana — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:38:51 +0000

Does anyone have any “wildly engaging lessons” for English 10 that also helps them pass these standardized tests? This is where I struggle. We have to meet certain criteria to ensure they pass their ECAs and none of the ECA is hands-on, innovative, creative, or interesting. Please help.

By: Steve Dull

Steve Dull — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:31:29 +0000

Desmos Activity Builder is a little gold nugget for teachers in this regard. Teachers design the activity (or use an activity that another teacher has posted), students go in and play, learning occurs. Wash, rinse, repeat. Starting a new semester with a seriously mixed ability group in Algebra 1B, I used a “Match My Line” activity from another teacher. We got more good review out of that in 25 minutes than we would have in 3 days of me standing at the board and doing examples or me handing out worksheets and 20 students copying 5 kids’ work.

By: Tama TROTTI

Tama TROTTI — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:13:21 +0000

So true, kids are more creative than we give them credit for. I sort of did this with a gov’t topic we were working on in third grade today. I told the kids who were done with their assignment to create a 30 sec. video in Animoto (which I love!) about the branches of gov’t or levels of gov’t – really no guidance – but it worked! These kids were not off task at all and completed a assignment that showed me what they know. I enjoy having the class do these activities and I know they do as well.

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