Instructional activities

Learn how to apply differentiated instruction strategies to your classroom, ensuring every student has a chance to succeed each day.

Student engagement is my number one goal in the classroom. None of the academic goals can be achieved without student engagement. It is essential! My biggest advice to you is to decrease teacher talk and the time students spend in their desks.I want to share some more specific ways that I keep my students engaged

Every English language arts teacher needs a variety of successful, student led discussion strategies that will provide opportunities for student learning.

When I first imagined a socially distant classroom, I had an overwhelming sense of sadness. I was flooded with images of classrooms under "normal" circumstances. I had flashbacks of kids rotating through fun learning stations, playing games together, reading in small groups, completing learning fact hunts, doing hands-on projects, and getting imaginative with their learning. For an instant, I felt like those days were over. Then, I remembered the most fundamental truth about educators…

Reading Response activities will likely form a major part of your reading programme, whether you are running guided reading groups, a daily 5 system,

Learning to teach sight words based on research and best practices will make your life easier as well as help your new readers increase mastery and fluency!

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Giving students fun brain breaks in the classroom, can actually improve their learning. Check out these quick brain breaks that you can just grab and go!

Tips for Primary Teachers.