Comparing Cinderella Stories for Kids
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Compare Cinderella stories in your classroom! It’s a fun way to add critical thinking to your fairy tales unit. Kids love exploring Cinderella folktales from around the world – and…
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How to Make an eBook with Google Sites
You can make an eBook with Google Sites! When you load text and pictures into your site, a professional-looking eBook emerges. Not only that – you’ll also have a paperless…
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How to Organize Research Projects with Google Sites
Research projects with Google Sites make sense. For one thing, you can store everything in one handy place. Kids can find directions and links. And teachers can model exemplary practices.…
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How to Differentiate Your Biography Research Project
Biography research projects can engage your entire class. Just use the Goldilocks principle. In other words, the process shouldn’t be too easy or too hard. Instead, it should be just…
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5 Quick and Easy Biography Crafts to Try Now
Biography crafts engage kids in learning. Let’s look at five possibilities. First, to focus on character traits, try a foldable. If you’d like kids to refer to events in the…
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4 Simple Ways to Make Constructed Response Fun
It’s time to make constructed response fun! Just try these four C’s. Collaborate. Compete. Cube it. Craft it. When you shake up learning, engagement skyrockets. And kids get the practice…
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How to Make Constructed Response Social
Make constructed response social! Let’s face it, writing paragraph after paragraph causes student burnout. Why? Kids are social animals. Above all, they love working together. Take a look at three ways…
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How to Use Classroom Contests for Test Score Growth
Classroom contests bring out kids’ competitive nature. Now you can use them to improve test scores. When your students experience writing burnout, bring on the games. In a short amount of…
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How to Create a Constructed Response Burger
Build a constructed response burger. On the top, place a topic sentence bun. In the middle, add the meat. (That’s the supporting details, of course.) At the end, finish up…
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How to Build a Simple Constructed Response Cube
A constructed response cube lets kids practice – and have some fun! When they roll the die, engagement improves. Soon they’ll be writing paragraphs like pros. (more…)
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