Say Something Learning Strategy

October 21, 2013
Say Something allows students to stop and think about what they read in a reading passage, or saw in a BrainPOP ELL movie. They may say anyt...

Sentence Strips Learning Strategy

October 21, 2013
Below are three different ways to use sentence strips in BrainPOP ELL lessons. They all involve cognitive skills – putting items on a contin...

Word Sort Learning Strategies

October 21, 2013
Word Sorts are vocabulary strategies in which students categorize the new words. In a Closed Word Sort, the categories are provided; in an O...

3.1.1 Make-a-Map Ideas

September 14, 2016
Create a map that illustrates how to form the passive. Make a map about one of the vocabulary words, such as “endangered,” “extinct,”...

Sortify: Factoring

September 19, 2016
In Sortify: Factoring, students categorize and sort information from BrainPOP movies into bins representing key concepts....

Roundtable Learning Strategy

October 21, 2013
Roundtable is a good cooperative structure and interactive activity to practice vocabulary, grammar, or even content. Students pass a paper ...

Pause Points Graphic Organizer

October 30, 2013
One of the most popular strategies for using BrainPOP in the classroom is through using pause points, briefly pausing the movie to clarify s...

Circulatory System Obstacle Course

December 5, 2012
Get your students up and moving with this Circulatory System obstacle course! Watch a BrainPOP Educator, Ms. McRae, take her students on an ...

Digital Storytelling With Toontastic

September 25, 2013
Launchpad Toys’ Hannah Clemmons joins us for a conversation about digital storytelling, visual explanations, and student-generated content v...