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Engaging Vocabulary Strategy - Flash Vocabulary

A quick, fun and engaging activity to have students learn and interact with vocabulary is a game called Flash Vocabulary. A teacher may use this strategy as part of an anticipatory set, or treated as an enacted-on-the-spot strategy when student engagement is running low.

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Take the Leap: Go Ahead with Those Crazy Ideas.

I taught Business and Personal Law to juniors and seniors.  We were learning the sources of law.  After polling the students regarding their comfort level with understanding these sources of law, I realized most of the students were vague about 1-2 of these sources.  Based on this formative assessment, I had to adjust my instructional approach and began to brainstorm ideas to accomplish this.  A crazy idea popped in my head 

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Teaching with Learning Objectives
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Teaching with Learning Objectives

It’s a simple premise:  our students should know what they are learning and why.  The best way to accomplish this is through having learning objectives for every lesson.  Yet, teachers tend to make some common mistake around learning objectives.  Knowing these common mistakes will help you maximize your practice of using learning objectives...

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