Wed, Dec 01, 2021 11:57 PM in Engaging the Students
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I think the number one thing to keep the students engaged is to bring in real life objects or to have visual aids to show them the whole time. If there are more visual aid copies pass them around the room so each student can actually see and know what it looks like when learning about it. I would also suggest when talking about nature or life cycles make connections back to how it can r...
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Wed, Dec 01, 2021 11:50 PM in Hands on activities
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In my second grade class, the students were learning about birds and their habitats. As birds do not have arms they have to use their beaks to pick everything up like grass, seeds, anything honeslty. In my class, we had stations with different objects to act like a bird and only use clothes pin to pick up items. Some of the items were beads with a clothes pin, an eye dropper with water,...
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Wed, Dec 01, 2021 11:39 PM in The Use of Technology in the classroom
The classroom I am in right now we mainly use ipads when looking up vocabulary words we do not know very well. Students will look up the word, write the definition and will draw a picture. If I do not have a book on hand, I will go to youtube to use the read aloud and as it goes at a slow pace students can pay attention. I use technology when showing pictures of animals they have never seen befor...
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