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Instructional techniques for interactive notebooks
How to use input and output activities for your interactive notebook classes? When using instructional techniques for interactive notebooks, it is best to use simple methods. Students engage better when the activities are short with easy to follow directions. Ensure your students are ready to learn when you give them simple step-by-step instructions. The activities shown here are samples you can use in your own……...
Grading Interactive Notebooks with Rubrics
Using Rubrics to Grading Interactive Notebooks Rubrics are essential tools for grading interactive notebooks at any grade level. Depending on the grade level, it is important you have a guideline about what you want to grade on. Grading interactive notebooks can be simple or complex. But without a rubric to help you gauge how well students are doing in class, it can be difficult to……...
Essential Guide to Interactive Notebooks
Interactive Notebooks as Educational Tools Perhaps, you use interactive notebooks in your classroom or in your homeschool group. But no matter the setting you use them, there is more value than simply as an educational tool. More than ever, teachers and instructors rely in interactive notebooks. These educational tools are great for students to take ownership of their learning. More than ever, active learners keep……...
Animal names
Animal names are fun to learn when you try the wheel game. In the wheel game, children can take turns with the wheel. Aside from finding animals terms in preschool curriculums, you can use this activity for animal habitat learning. Each time children move the wheel; an animal appears with the Spanish and English labels. In this way, children can learn the English-Spanish vocabulary as……...
Easter egg learning activity
This Easter egg learning activity for children is fun and educational. By using plastic Easter eggs and some sight words, young children can collect them and learn as they go. Learning sight words can be tedious and boring when using flash cards memorization. Some children, who are visual learners, become frustrated…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a…...
Spanish learning activity: Seasons
In this Spanish learning activity, you’ll learn to make a bilingual mobile of the seasons. By using simple homemade products, you’ll be able to recycle and teach children about the seasons. The Spanish learning activity consists of making a mobile from a wire hanger and displaying the seasons on paper plates and cutouts. Children will be cutting pieces of common things of seasons…. Membership Required…...
School readiness: 5 tips to help preschoolers enter kindergarten
Suzie was very eager to start her first of day of school. She was prepared with her backpack along with other supplies and her big enthusiastic smile. Her sister, Sonia, on the other hand, was nervous and rejected the idea. Sonia had mixed feelings about starting school. She thought the first day might be confusing and didn’t know what to expect. She hadn’t met her……...
Summer Craft Idea for Kids to Make Pet Rocks
A summer craft idea is ideal when ending a summer vacation, especially when your vacation is coming to a close. And many parents are getting ready for the busy routine of the school year. Before the summer is over, many children collect items to remember their time spent either in summer camp or visiting family. Young children love to find and keep their treasures from……...
How to Make a Fun Summer Craft for Kids: A Watermelon Cardholder
Watermelon cardholder craft is an excellent summer activity to keep mementos. Summer is not complete without playing in the pool, picnics or eating delicious cold treats. But just like a rainy day, a hot summer day can prevent children from enjoying the outdoors. What are some activities that can keep children busy on a hot summer day? Besides playing cards and board games, children and……...
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