I love utilizing collaborative posters in my classroom. Of course, in order for this to truly be a collaborative poster all students must contribute. So....how do you get all students to participate in the collaborative poster process? First, I truly believe the teacher has to create a safe and non-threatening environment at the beginning of the year and create an expectation for success. Secondly, the teacher must also create the expectation for active learning and collaboration. I taught…

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Texture Wall. Possible collaborative art project plus sensory experience. The ideas are endless!

This version of "The Parts of a Scientist" poster includes a girl with deeper skin tones.SAVE by purchasing The Complete Poster Bundle. It's a great deal if you're planning on buying multiple posters. The complete set represents both males and females of various skin tones and includes:• readers• wr...

While outside earlier this year, the JK and SK students gathered and were asked, 'How could we show our friendship?'. They decided to form a circle and called

Teach students to be effective leaders and collaborators--both of which are 21st century skills. This puzzle is one of the items in a "Teaching Collaboration Skills" resource.

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of animal adaptations and habitats by creating a unique animal. This file includes a checklist with a list of vocabulary words for students to use in their animal description and drawing. Also included is a page for students to draw their animals and write a...

Research. Once this word is spoken out loud in my classroom, I brace myself for the standard round of moans and groans that generally accompanies the announcement. I have made a lot of mistakes over my first few years of teaching in how I present research papers/projects to students and probably deserved the reception "research" elicited. I would make all of my students pick a topic dealing with "something unreal" or something about a certain time in history. I would create a list of topics…

By definition, learning is social in nature. Using different mediums, whether it be books, discussions, technology, we study and make meaning together.

This group activity was about using natural materials (pebbles, sticks, twigs and rocks) to make a collaborative pattern. Friends worked to make patterns in many different ways and connected them together!

Seed and Plant Exploration unit contains a science journal, riddles, and more...

Ditching the Desks in Second Grade - see why and how one teacher decided to move away from desks and create a more collaborative learning space for her students.

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