Teaching Grammar with Fun Learning Games

12:25 PM English grammar, Fun Learning Games, learning while they are playing, motivated to learn grammar, Teaching Grammar, the students to repeatedly hear a new grammatical structure. No Comments

Teaching English grammar can be hard going - for the teacher and the students.  It doesn't have to be difficult or painful, however.  You can teach English grammar using fun learning games and before you know it your students will be more than willing.  How does it work, you ask.  Well, there has been a movement away from the traditional methods of teaching English grammar through writing, rewriting and worksheets to using a more active approach through games.  Researchers...

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Are You Dealing With A Math Problem?

7:25 AM Math is a sequential, math is black and white, Math Problem, Math seems to be a much more difficult fix than reading, right or wrong. No Comments

In the past few years there have been more and more students needing special help with math.  Not too long ago most of the help was given to students with reading problems.  But now, math is taking over.  And, it's no longer just boys who need help in math or reading.  Five years ago most of the students who needed help in school were boys, but now girls are appearing as frequently as boys.  Math seems to be a much more difficult fix than reading.   In part this is due to the increased standards that are being...

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How Can Our History Change Their Future

7:15 AM Change Their Future, elementary school, How Can The World Change? No Comments

History gets a bad rap in school. Many of us have memories of history class being taught by rote memorization of facts and dates and names with little or no application to our daily lives.  No wonder its considered boring and dull.  Anytime we are expected to simply recite and repeat bare data for the sole purpose of passing a test, that information is unlikely to have any lasting change or effect on our lives.  In order to use the valuable lessons that history can teach us, it needs to be presented to children (and adults!) in...

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Teacher Motivation - Who Teaches The Teachers?

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In these days of budget cuts, classroom overcrowding, and compulsory high-stakes testing, teacher motivation is more and more difficult to sustain.  Many teachers decry the lack of control they have over their classroom scheduling due to federally, state, or district-mandated programs.   Not only is their classroom time rigidly controlled, it is also often very complex, with students being pulled out or sent in for enrichment or ability-grouped mini classes.  Sadly, the lack of effective teacher motivation is a prime factor...

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