Tune in to this episode of the Bam! Radio Network podcast with Mike Kuczala, author of Ready, Set, Go!, and explore how to take the idea of kinesthetic learning and translate it into practical classroom strategies.
Use this planning template from Rigorous Reading to organize your purpose & modeling.
In this task from Mine the Gap for Mathematical Understanding, Grades 6-8, students are provided with a true equation and asked to create three new equations based on a stated condition.
Using this Formative Tracking Sheet from Swanson and Ferguson’s Unleashing Student Superpowers, your students can self-assess their progress across any lesson. (K-12)
Use this Global Citizen Passport from Tavangar and Mladic-Morales’s The Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners as an interactive keepsake for your next global activity. (Elementary)
Find the perfect book (among a list of 300+, all organized by subject area and grade level) to accompany a lesson on different cultures, compliments of The Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners. (Elementary)
Try out these three instructional strategies on leveraging visuals from Marcia Tate's Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites.
In this introduction from Text Structures from Poetry, Grades 4-12, Gretchen Bernabei explores her own past difficulties with teaching poetry, her insights from working with Laura Van Prooyen, and how to use this book to rethink and transform how you teach poetry to your students.
In this lesson from Text Structures from Poetry, Grades 4-12, students read and dissect the poem "Love Waltz With Fireworks" and write their own poetry based on their text structure analysis.
In this lesson from Text Structures from Poetry, Grades 4-12, students read and dissect the poem "The Raven" and write their own poetry based on their text structure analysis.
"Zip, Zap, Zop" is a classic simple warm-up game, featured in Mathematical Argumentation in Middle School, that helps students understand that it is OK to make mistakes, speak so that everyone can hear, and pay close attention to one another.
In this excerpt from Simply Stations: Listening and Speaking, author Debbie Diller guides teachers on how to transition from whole-group instruction to stations while addressing the Listening & Speaking standard “The student will listen activity & ask questions.” Practical examples and ideas for partner practice at stations are provided for primary grades (K-2) and intermediate grades (3-4).
