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50 Back to School Activities for Elementary Students

Waterford

However, it’s worth making time for fun student back-to-school activities in your elementary classroom. As an educator, you can use these 50 first day of school games, activities, and printables for elementary students to help your class get to know each other and find things they have in common. This or That? : with your class.

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5 Steps to Gamify Your Elementary Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Heather Marrs shares how to get started with gamifying your classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How could you take your whole elementary classroom year and gamify it? What if you can reach those strugglers by making a classroom on mission?

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3 Fun Tech Classroom Projects for Summer

Ask a Tech Teacher

3 Fun Ways to Use Tech in the Classroom in the Run-Up to Summer Summer is right around the corner and as a teacher, you might be in search of creative ways to leverage technology to ensure your classroom remains an entertaining, engaging and educational space. Fear not, we’ve got you covered! Let’s dive in!

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How to Teach Venn Diagrams to Elementary School Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

One of our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has organized the basics on how to teach Venn Diagrams to elementary-age students: What is a Venn Diagram. How to make it clear to elementary students (get crafty). How to Teach Venn Diagrams to Elementary School Students. How to make it digitally. How to use it to design games . Get Crafty.

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Offering Electives to Elementary Students

User Generated Education

It is not clear to me why elementary students are rarely offered elective courses. Being able to choose a class is huge, and this tends to keep kids motivated to learn ( Beyond the Classroom: Electives in school — essential or entertaining? ). I have the privilege of teaching gifted elementary students at a few Title 1 schools.

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How to Differentiate Instruction in Elementary Math

The CoolCatTeacher

Understandably, kindergarten and elementary teachers need to reach every student where they are on their learning journey, but it isn't always easy. Episode 793 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Differentiate Math Instruction in the Elementary Classroom Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson. eSpark is free forever for teachers.

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10 Strategies Designed to Engage Elementary Students Online

Catlin Tucker

.” I had several elementary teachers request that I work on a similar blog focused on younger learners. Below are ten strategies I hope will help elementary teachers to engage their young learners online. #1 1 Create Virtual Word Wall with a Bitmoji Classroom or Padlet. scavhunt4math. #4 4 Digital Choice Boards.