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Educational Games: 5 Ways to Structure Game Play
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There are lots of different ways you can have students explore online educational games. Here are five general approaches we can recommend to structure game play:
Whole Class Game Play: Project the g...
Using Graphic Organizers with Games
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Some students will prefer to figure out games in their heads, but others may need additional support. When introducing a game to your class, consider offering scratch paper or graphic organizers to he...
Setting Cooperative Gaming Expectations
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If you are allowing students to cooperatively play an educational game, make sure you go over expectations for being a good cooperative gaming partner. Explain what it looks like and sounds like to wo...
Main Idea Lesson Plan: It’s a Real Life Skill!
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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-8, students use BrainPOP Jr. and/or BrainPOP resources to explore main idea. Students will practice finding the main idea of popular movies, music ...
Lesson Ideas for Using BrainPOP to Teach About Holidays
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BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. offer lots of seasonal movie topic pages. Here are some ideas for using Brainpop to teach about holidays:...
George Washington Carver Lesson Plan: Peanuts, Agriculture, and Inventions
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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-5, students use BrainPOP resources to explore key events in the life of George Washington Carver. Students will also explain the meaning of agricul...
Making Words Lesson Plan: Say What? Game
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In these lesson ideas which are adaptable for grades 1-3, students use an online interactive game to review letter sounds and create words through various combinations of letters, onsets, and rimes....
Phonics and Decoding Lesson Ideas: The Next Electric Company Star
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In these lesson ideas, which are adaptable for grades 1-4, students use an online interactive game to practice decoding words and applying reading skills....
Hard and Soft Consonant Sounds Lesson Plan: Sort It Out Game
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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 1-3, students use an online interactive game to practice sorting words according to hard g and soft g sounds....
Onsets, Rimes, and Compound Word Lesson Ideas: Combotronic Game
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In these lesson ideas, which are adaptable for grades 1-4, students use an online interactive game to create words through various combinations of onsets, rimes, and compound word segments....
