Instructional activities

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When I first imagined a socially distant classroom, I had an overwhelming sense of sadness. I was flooded with images of classrooms under "normal" circumstances. I had flashbacks of kids rotating through fun learning stations, playing games together, reading in small groups, completing learning fact hunts, doing hands-on projects, and getting imaginative with their learning. For an instant, I felt like those days were over. Then, I remembered the most fundamental truth about educators…

Students have different learning style preferences. While some are visual learners and prefer to see charts, pictures, diagrams, etc., others prefer to learn by hearing, doing, reading or writing! The VARK model describes 4 learning preferences: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and reading/ writing. This post has strategies and tips for teachers to use when planning instruction, to meet the needs of all kinds of learners. #tejedastots

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As a special education teacher, I know the challenge of differentiating instruction. While my district provides a specialized reading and math curriculum for special education classrooms, they are seriously lacking in the science and social studies department. My TPT store provides teachers adapted resources that meets the needs of your students with engaging, hands-on activities that make learning exciting and appropriate.

Diary of a Not So Wimpy Teacher: Ways to Increase Student Engagement

In today’s post, I am sharing this handy collection featuring some of our favourite platforms and web tools that you can use to create your own learning games. These are perfect for gamifying teaching and learning. And the best part is that they are simple and easy to use. No coding experience or technical knowledge…

Free kindergarten worksheets and printables for homeschool & classroom teachers. We've created thousands of free kindergarten printable worksheets, game, activities, and more! You'll find kindergarten math worksheets, kindergarten reading worksheets, kindergarten writing worksheets and even a free kindergarten assessment!

Reading Response activities will likely form a major part of your reading programme, whether you are running guided reading groups, a daily 5 system,

This is a fun thing to set up in your class to get students excited from the start

Activity for student follow the directions and practice their listening ability.

15 exit ticket ideas for any subject or grade level!

I, like many others, was forced to move a face-to-face college class to virtual synchronous meetings in Zoom. This term I am teaching a group dynamics course. One of my goals is to have my students…