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Using Visuals to Build Background Knowledge It’s important to always teach background knowledge before doing any type of Social Studies reading. Building background knowledge is crucial, especially for elementary students, to comprehend non-fiction text. Never assume that students know content specific vocabulary. Yes, some may know the vocabulary words, but it doesn’t hurt to teach […]
Let’s face it, some students view the subject of history as a boring topic. I too remember being a student and literally just reading from a Social Studies book out loud with students taking turns reading. That was as exciting as it got! Sitting around and listening to someone read about history is so mundane. […]
If you would have asked me to draw and explain how to add and subtract fractions when I first started teaching 5th grade before Common Core, I would have had no clue. My response would have been to just find the least common multiple because that was the way I was taught. Now that I […]
