Pedagogy, teaching strategies, and classroom resources
Brain breaks and movement are essential in the classroom to keep kids motivated and focused throughout the day. Would you like to work your brain for hours with no break?
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
Social media plays a key role among student organizations. Teachers should embrace the use of these and provide students with support in using them responsibly.
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
We are living in a world driven by divisiveness and anger, and one that is quick to argue. Children are brought up in a world of people who have not…
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
By launching PhET simulations through Nearpod, EVERY student participates in the exploration and is engaged without of wasting instructional time navigating to websites.
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
How to provide purposeful questioning to your class and shift from a sage on the stage to a guide on the side? Two Classroom Tech Designers share some info and…
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
Teachers need to create a safe environment in which students are more apt to express themselves during classroom discussions without feeling vulnerable.
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
Educators can really shine when they feel supported in what they are doing. Making connections is one of the central objectives of the Nearpod Certified Educator (NCE) program.
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
Combining Nearpod with Manipulatives for a Successful Elementary Experience. Here are a few examples of how I’ve done this in my classroom.
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
When I hear the term class discussion, I always envision students sitting in a circle with the teacher handing off a “talking stick” so individual students can share their thoughts…
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
There are so many different ways to use Nearpod for your novel studies! It makes checking comprehension so easy and it’s just a great way to keep your students engaged…
Leslie Ann is the teacher-author behind Life in Fifth Grade. She’s also a 5th grade ELA teacher who loves sharing the joy of reading with her students. She is passionate about making learning fun and exciting for kids!
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