This month’s theme is using active learning to differentiate. I will be sharing ideas for games, cooperative learning, brain breaks, collaborative structures, project-based instruction and more.
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Active learning and DI
A GAME OF TAG IN MUSIC EDUCATION
We don’t feature enough content for music teachers on this blog, so I am thrilled to share a really neat lesson for students in K-12 music education today. As Emily on Emily’s Music Blog shares, this game of musical tag can be adapted in many different [Read more…]
FUN FRIDAY: Foreign language bean bag games
Diane at Foreign Language Fun has shared these cute games to play with your little ones but I can see playing them with kids at any age (even in high school). All of her bean bag games are designed to teach simple concepts like numbers, letters and body parts- words that all new foreign language […]
FUN FRIDAY: Boggle board
As Mrs. Rojas illustrates on her blog, Boggle doesn’t need to be used only as an indoor recess activity or literacy center choice, it can also be a constant part of your classroom decor.
Students can work in pairs during a writing center, or can…
FUN FRIDAY: Boggle board
As Mrs. Rojas illustrates on her blog, Boggle doesn’t need to be used only as an indoor recess activity or literacy center choice, it can also be a constant part of your classroom decor. Students can work in pairs during a writing center, or can go up to the board and silently write down found words when they finish early with classroom work. You can keep extra letters to make it easy to change the puzzle on the board every week.
Boggle is a great activity for the…
FUN FRIDAY: The trading game
I am featuring a new site today, Mrs. Prince & Co. She has a lot of neat ideas for first graders including the trading game, an activity designed to help students learn how to make change and remember coin values. I am a big fan of using games in the differentiated classroom as they tend […]
What do you remember about the Monet?
I am always looking for ideas for the art, physical education, foreign language, and music teachers because we don’t see enough ideas for these folks and they are too often forgotten in the differentiated instruction literature. This lesson at Kari’s Fun Art Lessons is so simple yet so genius and could really work with many […]
Legos in algebra class?
Looking for a fun idea for teaching algebra, geometry, and other mathematical concepts? Visit Colin Grahm’s blog (Sine of the Times) and you will find a list of 11 ways to use Legos to teach, demonstrate, and engage active learners. Grahm does not provide specific lesson plans but provides an image of how each concept […]
