The Institute for Learning Centered Education

Teaching Strategy 5-19-12

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:43:58 +0000

For a music class, read “One Inch Tall” a poem by Shel Silverstein. It is funny, entertaining, and clever. Discuss it. Then ask your students to write a poem entitled “The Song That Never Ended” or “The Two-Second Song”. (Or tailor the exaggerated topic to whatever topic in music you want students to learn.) You may want to let them choose between working alone or in pairs. Your choice, but this will get them into poetry and creativity in a way that is fun and challenging. Sharing their poems will also be fun.

Teaching Strategy 5-18-12

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:42:52 +0000

For an art class, read “One Inch Tall” a poem by Shel Silverstein. It is funny, entertaining, and clever. Discuss it. Then ask your students to write a poem entitled “The Two-Inch Painting” or “The 300 Yard Tall Painting”. (Or tailor the exaggerated topic to whatever topic in art you want students to learn.) You may want to let them choose between working alone or in pairs. Your choice, but this will get them into poetry and creativity in a way that is fun and challenging. Sharing their poems will also be fun.

Teaching Strategy 5-17-12

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:41:53 +0000

For a social studies’ class, read “One Inch Tall” a poem by Shel Silverstein. It is funny, entertaining, and clever. Discuss it. Then ask your students to write a poem entitled “The One-Day Presidency” or “The Two-Minute War”. (Or tailor the exaggerated topic to whatever topic in social studies you want students to learn.) You may want to let them choose between working alone or in pairs. Your choice, but this will get them into poetry and creativity in a way that is fun and challenging. Sharing their poems will also be fun.

Teaching Strategy 5-16-12

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:41:25 +0000

For a math class, read “One Inch Tall” a poem by Shel Silverstein. It is funny, entertaining, and clever. Discuss it. Then ask your students to write a poem entitled “Longer than Infinity”. (Or tailor the exaggerated topic to whatever topic in math you want students to learn.) You may want to let them choose between working alone or in pairs. Your choice, but this will get them into poetry and creativity in a way that is fun and challenging. Sharing their poems will also be fun.

Teaching Strategy 5-15-12

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:40:43 +0000

For a science class, read “One Inch Tall” a poem by Shel Silverstein. It is funny, entertaining, and clever. Discuss it. Then ask your students to write a poem entitled “The 300 Foot Large Igneous Rock”. (Or tailor the exaggerated topic to physics, chemistry, biology or whatever science you teach.) You may want to let them choose between working alone or in pairs. Your choice, but this will get them into poetry and creativity in a way that is fun and challenging. Sharing their poems will also be fun.

Teaching Strategy 5-14-12

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:35:25 +0000

“One Inch Tall” is a poem by Shel Silverstein. It is funny, entertaining, and clever. Read or distribute it to your students in English. Discuss it. Then ask them to write a poem entitled “144 Inches Tall”. You may want to let them choose between working alone or in pairs. Your choice, but this will get them into poetry and creativity in a way that is fun and challenging. Sharing their poems will also be fun.

Teaching Strategy of the Day 3-21-12

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:08:47 +0000

A Literature Circle is an excellent way to motivate students to read and understand what they are reading in any subject area. To learn how to utilize a Literature Circle simply Google “Literature Circle”.

Teaching Strategy of the Day 3-20-12

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:04:21 +0000

As review after a unit of study, ask students, in pairs or groups of three, go create a game that will teach people what the students just learned.

Teaching Strategy of the Day 3-19-12

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:03:28 +0000

Meet for just five or ten minutes with each student in your class some time during the first two months of the school year or semester. Just ask questions. Show an interest. Learn about the student’s interests and perceived strengths and weaknesses. While the information will be valuable to you, the demonstration of interest in the student will reap rewards in terms of student motivation.

Teaching Strategy of the Day 3-11-12

admin — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:55:27 +0000

Put students in pairs or groups of three. Tell them what you want them to learn from the next lesson. Ask them to propose how they want to learn it. Then negotiate with them how they will learn during the next lesson.