Teaching Ideas

After a heavy lecture, it is always difficult for my students to absorb and retain the ideas and concepts because of too much information given all at once. My strategy is to pause every fifteen minutes, instruct the students to write their ideas about what I just partly discussed. Then after finish... more

I have an activity which I always do with my 4th grade Science students at the beginning of the year. I ask them to do a paper on what they want to be when they grow up if their only choice is a career in science. They could research on it or ask somebody who knows something about it. Just an inform... more

This is a great game in getting students to familiarize with the 50 States of the US. The idea is to act out something that gives a clue or reference to a State, and the groups will race to see who can guess the name of the State first. Divide the class into two groups and have them line up in two ... more

I have here a little technique that I use to make my students appreciate the importance of picturing the overview of a chapter for later retention. If you're familiar with how molecules are presented through balls and sticks that are bound together, it will be easy for you to do this. All you have t... more

ESL students usually encounter difficulty in interpreting texts that they have just read. Here is a basic step that teachers must always observe during reading classes.. Before you present the text that the class will read, list some words from the whole text that you feel will be difficult for them... more

Ask your students to make a short critique about a book that they have read recently. Not every student likes to read! So if your students are not into reading, suggest to them a book that you think they will find interesting and will be easy for them to understand. The critique should include a boo... more

Class Management , it is important to note that the pupils must be engaged in the lessons totally . In my neighbourhood school , I come across pupils from varied family backgounds. Very often , there is always a sizeable number who for some reasons do not show readiness to participate in the day to ... more

We had a game in my class where we used Music to learn English. The day before the game I asked my students to listen to a few popular English songs during the night and to write down some parts of the lyrics if they did not know the song well enough. The next day, I asked a student to sing a line h... more

For an assignment ask students to look for artworks of different cultures or to research on their own heritage and look for artworks that represent it. At class, move the chairs to create a huge space in the middle and form your class into 2 groups. Ask them to make a collage on the artworks they br... more

As a homeroom teacher, I make it my responsibility to teach children emergency preparedness. I have flip charts with step-by-step procedures on what they should do in cases of fire, earthquakes, explosions and bomb threats, medical emergencies such as poisoning, natural calamities such as storms and... more