CCP: Episode 25 // It’s time to Fine-Tune Your Instruction with New Teaching Strategies and Best Practices
We ALL need a tune-up now and then.
Whether you’ve been teaching for 1 year or 20 years, teachers are life-long learners.
Not only that, education is ALWAYS changing (for better or worse), and it’s always worth investing your time into staying current with new teaching strategies and best practices in the classroom.
In this episode we’re diving deep into the best instructional strategies and practices to increase student engagement.
Highlights from the Episode
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It’s time to reflect on your current teaching practices and get off the “teacher hamster wheel” (3:46)
It’s time to give students more choice in the classroom (5:00)
Choice in HOW they learn
Choice in WHAT they learn
Choice in WHO they learn with
It’s time to get comfortable with using technology in the classroom (15:50)
Consider replacing journal writing with student blogging
Consider using Google Slides as an alternative for printable workshops
Use LINKtivity Interactive Learning Guides to introduce new content to your students
It’s time to be more creative in the way we present new content to students
Textbook learning is DEAD! Instead… (21:14)
Use reader’s theater
Using discovery learning folders
Incorporate art and music into every day learning
It’s time to differentiate your instruction to promote student success (25:15)
Vary how students take notes
Use choice boards to tailor instruction
Differentiate your learning stations
Links & Resources Mentioned in the Episode
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Fiction and nonfiction reading choice boards
Getting Started with Student Blogging
The Beginner’s Guide to LINKtivity Interactive Learning Guide
LINKtivity® Learning Membership
5 Reason’s Why You Should Use Reader’s Theater in Your Upper Elementary Classroom
Discovery Learning Folders from The Classroom Nook
9 Ways to Use Music in the Classroom
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