Put Poetry in Motion to Power Up the Learning Process

Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Kids love to sing and swing. Music and movement catch children’s attention and energize them. Use music and movement to power up the learning process at the start of

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Pull Kids In with Poetry!

Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Kids get pulled into poetry in a heartbeat when I dramatize a silly Limerick from Ireland as I open up a “Poetry Cafe” in class on “You Choose Writing

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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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