Why Teaching Problem Solving Skills Is More Important Now Than Ever

Why Teaching Problem Solving Skills Is More Important Now Than Ever By Maloy Burman Problem solving is an essential life skill. In all parts of your life (your career, your home life, your finances, your hobbies, your relationships) you will come across adversities, or problems, and you will need to find solutions before you can

Download this interactive presentation to teach Reality and Fantasy

If you are/will be introducing Reality and Fantasy, you may use this powerpoint which I created to teach the lesson to my pupils. The powerpoint includes an interactive game. Once you’re done downloading the presentation, read the instructions below to be guided on how to use the presentation. Slides 5 -9: Vocabulary words that can be found in the story.

Watercolor Workshop

As teachers, we are also encouraged to involve different stakeholders, especially external stakeholders to help our school address some issues and concerns. Last December 2, 2017, I invited my friends from the Junior Chamber International to conduct a project in our school. Good thing is that one of the members is a watercolor artist so we

Download: Game Board for teaching Time Expressions

If you are looking for a fun activity to reinforce and practice concepts on Time Expressions, you might want to do this very simple board game. Prepare the following materials. Dice (For this activity, I just created the dice from cardboard. The number of dice you need to prepare will depend on how many groups of

Download: DEAL or NO DEAL Powerpoint Presentation to teach Noting Details

Noting Details is a skill very much needed for reading comprehension. That is why this is being taught repeatedly. Every time a story is introduced or being taught in class, noting details will come right after. To note details begins with answering simple WH questions (who, what, when, where, why). Recently, I created an interactive

Why should you give books to Public School Teachers like me?! Lend or Donate a book for our next D.E.A.R. session!

D.E.A.R. or Drop Everything and Read is a time wherein teachers and pupils set aside other activities and just read. The goal of the D.E.A.R. program is to encourage silent reading wherein students have the freedom to choose the books they will read based on their ability and interest. It is not to sacrifice other

Lesson Ideas to teach Compound Words

(Updated August 5, 2018) Last week, my lesson in English is on Compound Words. Over the weekend, I was thinking of an activity which I can do in class to review the lesson on Monday. I found this free downloadable set of word cards from Teachers Pay Teachers and an idea came up! So, I downloaded and

Download: Home Visitation Files

Have you ever had a student who has been absent for consecutive days or weeks? It becomes a problem to us as teachers, right? And the responsibility is thrown back to us and we are challenged to do something about it. One of the solutions that the Department of Education has indicated to be effective

Lesson Idea: Play the Hangman Game to teach New Vocabulary Words

Over the weekend, I was thinking of another strategy to use in teaching new vocabulary words to my pupils… something that is interesting and fun! Then, I remember when I was still in Elementary, my English teacher used the classic “Hangman” game to teach us new words. So, I decided to try it too. If

Lesson Idea: Beginning Reading Activities

Teaching reading to kids is a complex and challenging task for teachers. There are a lot of strategies one can use to teach reading and it is important to have diverse methods because, in reality, no one strategy fits all. Below are some of the things you can do in class to foster reading. I did