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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…)
Improve narrative writing in your classroom with a dozen handy hints! Focus on one or two each time kids write, and watch their writing shine! Read on for ideas and…