In this age of social media, where visuals are such an integral part of our life, teaching students how to CREATE effective visuals can be an important and real world skill. Set students up for success in the 21st century by giving them opportunities to practice this! Having students create a visual that compares and contrasts two or more topics …
A Point of View Lesson Using Comic Strips
Spice up your point of view lessons with a fun comic strip activity for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. Below, find project ideas as well as a video that explains how upper elementary students can use an online comic strip maker for their project. Check out more point of view lessons and activities here. Point of View Comic Strip Project …
Using a Word Cloud Generator for a Fun Main Idea Lesson
I really struggled when I first began to teach main idea. It seemed like curriculums only provided one way to teach it – read a short paragraph and determine the main idea of the paragraph. But there are other ways to teach main idea – and using the word cloud activity outlined below is an engaging and visual way to …