Motor Mouth is simply an engaging strategy for students to review important vocabulary. This can be used in any class at any grade level. Did I mention that this is also fun? I’ve included the PowerPoint with directions and a template that is ready to modify for your own use. Click here for the Powerpoint!
Writing is a tool for thinking and learning. It doesn’t matter what content area you teach, you’ll find many opportunities to help students think through writing. This quick overview gives a couple of ideas for having students write about data from a line graph. Download the overview sheet and examples of having elementary students write …
In this pdf, I’ve included examples of analysis questions for two different line graphs. Both of these are for the elementary level. For each set of questions, I’ve also included a large size of the graph that you can project and/or give students as they work to answer these questions. Download the pdf of the …
One of the simplest things you can do to help students think deeply about visual material is to write analysis questions for the different types of visuals you use with students. This example is for bar graphs – and I’ve included two examples to give you an idea of how these questions might look. (I’ll …
Here is a lesson that supports the learning of comparing responsibilities between state and federal governments. I’ve included a couple of things here: A lesson in which students use manipulatives and a Venn Diagram planner to compare and contrast the responsibilities between the roles of the federal and state governments. Additionally, a beginning list of …
This is a response technique to give students practice in answering recall and some critical thinking types of questions. Rapid Response Cards are any type of response cards you use with your students. They are called Rapid Response Cards because they are a quick way to obtain responses from all of the students in your …
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Here are a few materials for I.8.b – Distinguish between economic and geographic factors. Enjoy – and let me know if you recommend any changes to these! The first activity is what I call a Wall Activity – and when you look at it, you’ll see why. This is a good introduction to geographic and …
If you write paper-and-pencil assessments, you’re going to love these sheets that I call Stem Starters. Stem Starters are ideas of ways to write item stems for test items. Think of these as handy reference sheets for those times when you are writing item stems – the question part of a test item. I’ve designed Stem …
In Virginia, first graders have the opportunity to learn about Eleanor Roosevelt – along with a number of other historical figures. This is a small set of posters that I put together as a quick tool to help students learn a bit about Mrs. Roosevelt. The set has ten posters and a few ideas about …