Teaching heat transfer is easy with these tips and activities including lesson, guided notes, food lab and more.
Guessing games are a great way to practice speaking, critical thinking and vocabulary building in ESL classrooms starting from young learners through adults. Whether you are an English teacher or a parent trying to improve your child's vocabulary in a first or second language, guessing games are a MUST! Here's where to start: Ages 3-4:
These games will help liven things up in your virtual lessons - perfect for middle school, high school, or even Adult ESL classes!
I have put together a few craft, sporting and backyard fun activities to inspire you and your family to get involved and have some fun together while the countdown is on to the Commonwealth Games that is coming to the Gold Coast this April.
By Room 213 There is no doubt about it: students will learn more when they are intrinsically motivated, when they see a purpose beyond a test and a grade, or when they get a sense of enjoyment out of the activity. One thing that is sure to motivate your students is a sense of fun and play, something that we don't spend enough time on in the secondary classroom. We often see a game as an activity you do when the work is done, as a reward. However, what if we could use fun and games to support and enhance learning instead? We can. In fact, using games and challenges in the secondary classroom will definitely enhance student learning. Here's why and how: Challenges offer a low risk way to practice skills Games and challenges should not just be "fillers;" instead, they should be used to zero in on an important skill you want your students to hone. In a sense, you "trick" them into learning. This works because when the students see the activity as "only a game" -- that it's about winning or losing a challenge rather than getting a grade -- they may be more apt to engage and take risks than they are when a grade is at stake. So how do you come up with a challenge or game that does this? First, decide on a skill that your students need to learn or practice. For example, most English students need to work on the art of writing strong thesis statements--something that can be a little dry and boring to the average teenager. However, if you try something like Caitlin Tucker's Thesis Throwdown, complete with motivational music in the background, all of a sudden, creating a strong argument becomes a fun challenge -- and the thesis statements get better. They really do. When I saw my students struggling with creating their own metaphors, I designed a metaphor challenge to get them to practice. The activity was so successful, we extended it to other forms of figurative language. The kids had lots of fun and became much better at understanding how authors use these devices. They also started using them more often in their own writing. 2. Games build skills for collaboration & communication Games and challenges are the perfect way to teach communication skills too. Speaking and listening is an important part of all language arts courses, as is critical thinking. There is nothing like giving groups a challenge to get them communicating with each other to solve a problem. Weaker students can also use these opportunities to learn strategies from stronger students, strategies they can use later when they need to do similar problems on their own. You can turn anything that you want your students to work on into a group challenge. Do they need to practice certain writing skills? Get your students to work on them together with a short group writing competition. Do they need to improve their ability to choose effective quotations to back up their ideas? Challenge groups to find the most quotes to illustrate the development of a major character in a text they are studying. When they're done, you can have a class debate about which ones are most effective. You can also use a group challenge to have your students find examples of good writing in the texts they read. Have them use their class text or independent novels to find different types of sentences or an author's use of simile or metaphor. Regardless of the task, students will need to not only work on the skill but also discuss each person's choices and come to a consensus about which ones to use. (Try this yourself, by grabbing this Literary Challenge freebie). 3. Create a climate where learning is fun and engagingThe most rewarding part of using games and challenges in your classroom is that your students will begin to see learning as fun. They will be more likely to persist at the task and will feel great satisfaction when they are successful. Take vocabulary building, for example. Learning new words and parroting back definitions in a traditional assignment isn't that exciting, but if you turn it into a game, then learning those new words becomes far more interesting. You may even find that students can't wait to get to your class to see what they're going to learn next! This word choice challenge was one of my favorites because not only did my students love it, I could use it pretty much any time in the school year when I wanted them to review the importance of choosing the best word for the job. Can English class be all fun and games? Probably not. But, with a little creative thought, you can find ways to build more learning challenges into your lesson plans. Go ahead: I challenge you. Check out my Games & Challenges Bundle My friends at the coffee shop also have some creative ways to challenge students. Check them out here: Presto Plans: Growth Mindset Classroom Challenge Nouvelle ELA: Harlem Renaissance Escape Room The SuperHERO Teacher: Board Game for Any Novel The Daring English Teacher: Test Prep Vocabulary Escape Room SaveSave
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Check out this free (editable!) printable vocabulary game for kids in elementary and middle school. Just type your words on the cards, and you have a fun vocabulary activity that you can use with any word list! #vocabulary
Art Teachers, in your Art Classroom you’re always going to have students finish before the rest, fast finishers, so let’s take a look at some ideas or routines that you can build into your classroom so that students know what to do when they’re done so they don’t have to ask you and so that you don’t have to instruct them on what to do EVERY time.
In first grade, my favorite math games are the easiest ones! And they all use only one material...a pack of play cards! Today, let's talk about two of my favorite math card games for building base 10 understanding.
Halloween Short Stories for Middle School - spooky stories to teach key elements of literature in middle school ELA.
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Hi Everyone, It’s Teresa here from Fun Games 4 Learning . As you can guess from my blog name and also my TpT store, I am all about games. ...
Rebus puzzles can help stretch your mind and stimulate creativity. Print these out and see how many your friends can guess.
Here is a list of my favorite games to use in speech therapy. All have been used by me, an SLP, and my students have loved them all!
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Real World Math Sales that don’t exactly scream sale… I tell my students daily to check their answers- does their answer make sense, especially in the context of their problem? The foll…
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Here’s a useful infographic from BusyTeacher.org: Source: busyteacher.org via Larry on Pinterest
What do you do when there are five minutes left in class? One of my favorite quick activities is "Guess Who?" cards. Guess who cards help manage classroom behavior during awkward transition times, or other
Here is my first composition for the Boomwhacker Mystery game! Can you guess what it is? Update: Here are t...