Monthly Archives: April 2011

Smiles and Frowns Catch Attention

A smile is a frown turned upside down Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Is it just me or have there been a frightening number of major natural disasters in a relatively short period of

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What’s Cookin’?

Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Hungry for some more tools and tricks to catch and keep K – 5 students’ attention? Hope so, because this week’s blog offers some tasteful ideas. Read on… No

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Attention-Getting Ties with Twitter

Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! No way can teachers keep up with all that’s buzzing on worldwide social media and websites, but web networks can be a cool source of ideas for catching and

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Attention-ology Anniversary Celebration

Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! It’s no coincidence that marking the first anniversary of my blog coincides with the tenth anniversary of my work as a writer-in-residence and visiting artist/teacher in schools and organizations where

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Attention-ology Anniversay Celebration

Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! It’s no coincidence that marking the first anniversary of my blog coincides with the tenth anniversary of my work as a writer-in-residence and visiting artist/teacher in schools and organizations where

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Barbara Cleary has been serving as a resource to hundreds of educators for more than 25 years. An award-winning writer, producer, teacher, and trainer, Barbara’s focus is on offering easy, fun tools and tricks that support K-5 curricula and assist teachers with classroom management.
Quick tips for common classroom conundrums: K-5
Situation: Students continue to use lackluster verbs in their writing.

Solution: Show toy cars and pretend to make them zip across a page, telling the class that good writing includes action words (verbs) that have "zip." Ask the class for examples of "zippy" verbs like zoom, race, flash, rush, etc.

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