Thursday, November 26, 2015

Doing What THEY Like To Do



Educators always want to know, "What can I do to make my classroom more educational yet fun to my students?" Students in the 4th grade are at that age where they need something interesting to them to keep their attention. It is always a good thing to find games to incorporate into a lesson in order to keep a child's attention. Students, at a young age, LOVE activities in the classroom where they feel like they aren't doing classwork. A great idea that I saw that any student would love was this "Cracking the Code" activity on the education.com website. This activity could be used and modified in many different ways from Reading to a Math assignment. Children are always trying to out-do one another, so activities such as these really catch the attention of students if presented correctly, and this is something they would enjoy until they get finished.


When reviewing for a test, Jeopardy used to be a favorite of mine, also, trashcan ball. These are games that could be played for math, using math problems, or even subjects such as Reading, by having the answers be questions that they would only be able to answer if they have read the class book. On teachhub.com they have a whole list of different classroom activities, you just have to modify them to fit your class. In a classroom of 25-30 students, where some of them are already having problems focusing and paying attention, you need activities like these to keep the students focused for a long period of time. We have to care enough to want to change up our teaching style to accommodate their learning styles.




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