If you are a teacher who has to teach all subjects including PE (yep, that’s me), you are probably overwhelmed with lesson planning. Just coming up with engaging lessons for all subjects is very stressful. To tell you the truth, I dreaded teaching Science because I just didn’t know what to do to teach the […]
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When students are reading non-fiction text, their comprehension increases if they have some sort of background knowledge about the topic and are familiar with domain-specific vocabulary. It might feel like you are spoiling what the students are about to read when you activate their background knowledge and frontload vocabulary, but the opposite could not be
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When you teach, I can guarantee that many of your students are not listening. Don’t take it personally (I know I don’t); we are working with children. It happens. So what can you do to hold their attention and get them to listen? Guided notes are the answer! What are Guided Notes? When you are
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How do you teach students about the movement of matter in plants, animals and decomposers in a fun way? Mystery Science is the answer! Before I knew about Mystery Science, I don’t know how I ever managed teaching science along with all the other subjects I have to teach. Mystery Science has online standards-aligned curriculum
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