35 Chapter Books for First Graders, as Recommended by Teachers
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Brain Dash 60 is a Popular Quiz Game from We Are Teachers
We have a new game to share with you at We Are Teachers. It’s called Brain Dash 60, and it’s a quiz-based game that students
Teach Students To Think Irrationally
Teach Students To Think Irrationally by Terry Heick Formal learning is a humbling thing. As planners, designers, executors, and general caretakers of public and private
100+ Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking
by TeachThought Staff Bloom’s Taxonomy’s verbs–also known as power verbs or thinking verbs–are extraordinarily powerful instructional planning tools. In fact, in addition to concepts like
The Definition Of A Socratic Seminar – TeachThought
If correctly prepared for, a Socratic seminar can be a powerful catalyst for social learning. Many teachers we know have remarked that individual and collective
50 Ideas For Simple STEM Activities For Kids –
by TeachThought Staff The activities below are designed to be simple, flexible, and fun, making them perfect for learners of all ages, whether you’re a
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by TeachThought Staff What makes up a classroom? Is it the space? A room, for example? Is it the purpose? Can a regular meeting space
10 Student Engagement Strategies That Empower Learners –
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126 Digital Learning Verbs Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy –
by TeachThought Staff At TeachThought, we’re interested supporters of any learning taxonomy. (We even created our own, the TeachThought Learning Taxonomy.) Put simply, learning taxonomies help
A Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy For Evaluating Digital Tasks
by TeachThought Staff At TeachThought, we’ve described Bloom’s Taxonomy as “a hierarchical ordering of cognitive skills that can, among countless other uses, help teachers teach and
