Teaching in Themes will help schools incorporate a whole-school, theme-based curriculum that engages students across grade levels K-8. The authors provide detailed descriptions of four thematic units: What's Baking in Kathy's Classroom?, The Impact of Nature and Play, The Struggle for Justice:...
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I have been guilty of being too surface level with my instruction of theme in the past. In my first years teaching, I rarely moved beyond a basic instruction of themes and the ability to identify them. Now, I know better and I can help my students meet the rigor required by making sur...
The bookmark I use for teaching theme gives a definition of what theme is and how it often must be inferred. It also provides a short list of common themes (I find this helps students who don’t really understand the definition yet). Finally, the bookmark includes an example organizer th...
Jumpstart offers free teaching materials, including activities, worksheets, and lesson plans, for K-5 teachers. Sample lessons:What a Wonderful World,Art of Recycling,Power Up Math Khan Academy Teachers everywhere rely on Khan for practice lessons and enrichment for their students. They have an esp...
Thanks for the website. The power point really helped my lesson today teaching theme. Thenisha Carter / January 9, 2012 Thank you for your suggestions. This site is VERY helpful. My students enjoyed every passage written on the worksheet. Your resources made the lesson on themes and main ...
Many graduate students face thesis or dissertation writing under-prepared. To help some of them with the task, the author developed a seminar called Social-Science Writing. This article describes that seminar: its organisation, themes, in-class and take-home writing assignments, readings, and stude...
For example, the prevalence of portable devices that are Internet-enabled makes teaching strategies that engage students immediately prior to class, or ‘just-in-time teaching,’ low cost and effective (Simkins and Maier, 2004). Not only has the Internet changed the nature of instruction, it ...
Though there has been much interest in students' learning from the perspectives of students studying at various educational levels in dozens of countries and regions, there has been little research into the perspectives of Chinese mainland tertiary students. This paper provides an overview of some pre...
SplashLearnoffers hundreds of digital books ranging from popular titles to fiction, non-fiction, and series across themes like animals, early learning, fairy tales, and more. Teachers can easily integrate these books intosummer reading programsby assigning specific titles or allowing students to choose...