Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern
Welcome to our April Teacher Talk. All of us from the Teacher Talk collaborative would like to wish you a happy and prosperous spring. We have so many fab tips this month from fun activities, ELA and reading ideas, to high interest learning. You don’t want to miss reading these blog posts from some awesome educators.
The end of the school year can be difficult at best and disastrous at worst. Your students are ready for summer, and you are anxious to close the year out without incident. Here are 5 ways to up the FUN factor at the end of the year
Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. Rework a plot from a story you’ve read or a movie you’ve seen and make it your own.
One of the best things about teaching reading is that you can find anything to read about any holiday and make it teachable. When April rolls around, one of my favorite Earth Day activities is making art from junk and having students write stories about their creations.
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Learn some of the best strategies for keeping students engaged during the most challenging times of the year.
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