What do you do when your students get stuck on a word? Do you vary the prompt based on the word, the student, the situation, or the text? If you do, great! If not, you may want to consider varying your prompts in order to provide your students with the tools they need to become more fluent readers. Each prompt…
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This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure. Can you really teach students compassion? Sure, we can teach students about the definition of compassion, explain how compassion relates to other character traits and feelings, and we can show students relevant examples, but can we truly teach students to be more compassionate people?
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Are you looking for a new way to increase your student’s vocabulary using categories and classification? Do you need engaging ways to deepen the vocabulary of your ESL students? This activity is a fun way to develop language using categories!
Growth mindset for kids has been buzzing like a swarm of bees through the education field in the last couple of years. If you are familiar with or have training in this area, you already understand its potential to change students’ lives. For those of you that need a refresher or are new to growth mindset for kids, I’ve thrown…
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Consider the purpose of praising students in the classroom. Why do teachers do it? Certainly, we want our students to feel good about their efforts in the classroom and we also want to encourage them to stay motivated to work and learn, but did you know that some well-intentioned praise can actually have a negative impact on your students?