Learn about teaching techniques to use with your upper elementary students. These posts are designed to help teachers learn new strategies to try with free resources to get them started. A few includes:
- Four Corners
- Concept Webs
- Semantic Maps
- Learning Logs
Several posts offer classroom tips. Some of these include:
- Classroom Displays
- Creating Anchor Charts
Other posts provide methods to help students with learning.
- Growth Mindset
- Memorization Techniques
Some posts include sample handouts to aid teachers in creating their own. One of these is the Parent Connection Newsletter Series. Teachers can take these editable templates and change the information for their own classrooms.
Click on these links to go to posts individual posts.
General Teaching Strategies
- Collaborative Groups Made Simple
- Crossword Puzzle Generators
- FREE BINGO ~ Which Card Generator is Right for You?
- Creating Anchor Charts
- Organizing Student Binders
- Semantic Maps – A Teaching Strategy
- 5 Choice Boards with Free Templates
- Authentic Learning – A Teaching Strategy
- Snowball Technique – A Teaching Strategy
- Teaching Ideas to Promote Growth Mindset
- Memorization Techniques
- Strategies for Higher Order Thinking Skills
- Learning with Games
- Collaborative Discussions
- Classroom Displays
- Ways to Teach Students to Follow Directions
- Writing Lesson Plans that Work
- Concept Webs – A Teaching Strategy
- Back-to-School Procedure Task Cards
- Semantic Feature Analysis – A Teaching Strategy
Standardized Testing
The posts on standardized tests include lessons and organizers to improve test-taking skills. Some topics include Boom lessons, foldable organizers going over test-taking strategies, and motivational techniques.
