Playlist: Bookmarks
Greekymon Studies – Round 1
What might a creature named “Ursolunascope” be like?
Shift Cipher (Codes Part 1)
Let’s encode and decode secret messages like Julius Caesar!
Word Ladders Introduction
You won’t believe how this spelling and vocabulary puzzle will get kids’ brains sweating over the smallest of words.
SCAMPER: Scaffolding Creativity
Asking students to “think creatively” won’t get you far. They won’t know how to start, they’ll get stuck with simple ideas, or they’ll just go completely wild. SCAMPER is a tool for scaffolding the process of creativity.
Grouping Quadrilaterals In A Hierarchy
Can we classify quadrilaterals like we classify living things?
Jabberwocky and Context Clues
Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.
Showing A Character’s Trait
We tell students to ‘show, not tell’ — but that advice is useless until they experience the difference. This lesson makes it click.
Educational Valentines
Let’s make valentines with an educational twist!