Or, Why People Were Willing to Risk Their Lives to Get Spices
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Five Strategies to Get Kids Moving!
Get Kids Out of Their Seats! It may seem counter-intuitive to some, but keeping students in their seats is not always the best way to get them to pay attention. Giving students the chance to get up and move around
Lesson Idea: $1 Math
Grades 2-7 | RIT <161-210 Operations: Addition If A=1¢, B=2¢, C=3¢, etc., students estimate/predict and calculate the value of words.
Lesson Idea: Fact vs. Opinion
Grades 3-12 | RIT 171-230+
Informational Text: Fact, Opinion, Drawing Conclusions
Students identify facts and write a fact-based summary of an article that includes or evokes strong opinions.
Updated: Lesson Idea: Plot Diagram Sequencing
Grades 3-8 | RIT 151-240
Students identify and defend the beginning, middle and end events in a story
“Continuous Improvement”
My fourth year teaching, I moved from a really small school to a district with 30,000 kids. It was a great district, very open to new ideas and growing like crazy. That year they implemented a new “Continuous Improvement” program.