We have always loved using Kahoot! to help gamify our curriculum for our students, especially at the end of a unit to help support the review of the content we have taught. We also love using Kahoot! as a way for students to review the content for up and coming history tests.
This year we branched out and tried some different websites to gamify our curriculum. If you have been stuck in a Kahoot rut, fear not, dear teacher friends. We have a list of other delightful websites to try.
Kids these days are so lucky! There so many great young adult (YA) books for them to choose from. Here are some of our favorites for sports and dystopian:
Read MoreOver the past decade, we have been creating and expanding our history curriculum to include some fun and interactive lessons that are engaging and require higher order thinking skills to complete. While students do benefit from note taking, they also benefit from being able to explore their learning and show their understanding of the history curriculum in a creative way.
Read MoreHere are our favorite biography books to teach research and writing with.
Read MoreKids these days are so lucky! There so many great young adult (YA) books for them to choose from. Here are a list of some of our favorites for non-fiction, pets, and fairy tale retellings:
Read MoreIf you are a teacher who is looking for insight into how to start the work on anti-bias and anti-racist education, Start Here, Start Now by Liz Kleinrock is the book for you. We have followed Liz Kleinrock on social media for years now and were super excited when she announced she had written a book last summer. Her book did not disappoint.
As a classroom teacher herself, Liz Kleinrock provides practical strategies that she knows will work. She also provides practical ways to implement each of her strategies into the classroom setting.
Read MoreKids these days are so lucky! There so many great young adult (YA) books for them to choose from. Here are some of our favorites for realistic fiction and romance:
Read MoreWell, having a feature corner is always a nice design element in any space. In our classrooms, we created a gallery wall to highlight that area of the classroom. Just google gallery walls to get inspiration and ideas. Here are a few places to get cheap materials to make your own gallery wall:
Read MoreKids these days are so lucky! There so many great young adult (YA) books for them to choose from. Here are some of our favorites for adventure and fantasy/science fiction :
Read MoreThe New York Times is one of the most recognized publications in the world. It also is a treasure trove of free resources for educators. If you teach middle school or high school and have not yet checked out the New York Times resources, you are missing out on a valuable resource.
Read MoreAll teachers need to belong to ASCD (Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development). It is a community of educators who work together to improve education with administrators and teachers. While ASCD is mostly thought of as guides for people in educational leadership roles and administration, it is also very much geared toward improving classroom teachers. ASCD’s mission statement is “ASCD empowers educators to achieve excellence in learning, teaching, and leading so that every child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.”
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