By Rachel Lynette
Your students already love task cards, so why not have them create some of their own (if you don’t know what a task card is, click here)? This would be a great project to do in conjunction with a book your class is reading or for a science or social studies unit. There are many ways you could go about this. Here are some things
Please welcome the talented Kristen of Aspire to Inspire! Today she shares a fun and engaging way to get students excited about social studies. Thanks for giving us so many great sites to go and explore, Kristen! I’m always on the lookout for engaging and authentic learning activities to encourage students’ interest in social studies and to help them understand its relevance in their lives. This
Please welcome Wendy and Cheryl, two teachers passionate about engineering with kids. I am sure you’ll enjoy this helpful post as much as I did! STEM, Engineering, 21st Century Skills…the buzzwords of the 2013-2014 school year. With all that is on a teacher’s plate this autumn, what can seem, in isolation, like an interesting and intriguing idea often ends up lost in the shuffle
Hi everyone! I’m Shanon of A Day in the Life of a Title I Teacher. I’m so excited to be a guest blogger here at Minds in Bloom. I love sharing ideas and collaborating with other educators. I am just starting my second year of teaching; I am the Title I Reading teacher at a small school in the Metro Atlanta area. Rachel, thank you for all of the amazing
It’s finally here! Cardtopia, the task card app, is in Beta release, and Minds in Bloom followers will get to be the first to try it out! If you just want the link to try it out, click here. If you want to hear the whole story and find out why it is so awesome, read on. How it Began I started thinking about a
Please welcome Gina of Beach, Sand, and Lesson Plans! She shares with us today a pretty snappy way to handle homework that’s fun for everyone. She included a great freebie that you’ll want to download and rate for sure! Thanks for sharing this great, idea Gina! Hi everyone! I’m Gina from Beach, Sand, and Lesson Plans, and I’m thrilled to be a guest blogger
Toss that Test Aside! As we all know, students already get plenty of tests, so why not let your elementary students show what they learned creatively? Whether your students are reading independent books or your class has just finished a history of anything project, such as a unit on space or pioneers, a culminating project can really cement that learning. Whether you’re focused on building
Please welcome Tammi of The Balanced Classroom! Today we get an in depth look at how close reading works. Thanks for the great post Tammi! Close reading is the buzz among implementation of the Common Core ELA Standards. Being on the committee to map the ELA standards, I received some training last spring on how to do a close read. I decided to jump in
You are in for a treat! We have Lessia of I am BullyProof Music with us today to show us how to use lyrics to enhance our students’ learning and self-esteem. Thanks, Lessia! I’m tickled pink and very honored to be invited to guest post for Minds in Bloom. Thanks for the wisdom, warmth, and fabulous materials you share with us all, Rachel. You
Please give a warm welcome to Heidi of Counting on Words! She shares how she takes task cards and combines them with movement. I hope you enjoy this post as much as I did! The students in the urban school district where I teach spend much of their time away from school playing video games and watching television. You might think their lack of
Picture from Kricia Corbral I am just thrilled that Scholastic Blogger Kriscia Cobral selected my Parent Night Quiz to include in her 4 Ways to Include Student Voices in Your Back to School Night post. Be sure to check it out if you haven’t already. If you have followed the link from her post, welcome to Minds in Bloom! I hope you will take a
Please welcome Shelley of The Perks of Teaching Primary! Today she shares with us how to reach every learner in your classroom and even included a freebie. Teaching is a very demanding job requiring skills and knowledge in a huge spectrum of areas: academic knowledge, child development (both physical and social and emotional). A teacher needs to be a “counselor” and a problem solver.
I decided to write this free ebook because teachers often ask me for ideas about how to use and store task cards – or even why they should use them at all. There are bunches of answers to all these questions, so I thought it would be a good idea to put them all in one place. If you are new to task cards, this ebook will
Please welcome Christi of Digraphs, Decimals, Discoveries! You’ll love her post today about using art as a method of classroom management. These ideas create a caring classroom environment. Thanks for sharing Christi! Sometimes children can’t find the right words or actions to deal with their emotions. In many cases, children are still learning what emotions are and how to deal with the overwhelming feelings that
