Add Frosty Touches to Help Young Kids Learn in Summertime

Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! In the hot months of summer (Northern Hemisphere), most kids crave icy treats… …ice cream, snow cones, anything frosty to cool off outdoors and in. Add frosty touches to

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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 are having trouble writing connecting sentences between the beginning, middle and end of a story.

Solution: Show toy airplanes, pretending to make them "take off" across notebook paper. Explain to the class that stories, like airplanes, require clear "flight paths."

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