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10 Strategies Designed to Engage Elementary Students Online

Catlin Tucker

” I had several elementary teachers request that I work on a similar blog focused on younger learners. Below are ten strategies I hope will help elementary teachers to engage their young learners online. #1 2 Virtual Jigsaw Activity with Google Slides. Group 4-6 students on a shared Google Slide presentation.

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How to Teach Venn Diagrams to Elementary School Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s easy to find templates for them–in MS Office, Google Apps, Canva, and more. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has organized the basics on how to teach Venn Diagrams to elementary-age students: What is a Venn Diagram. How to make it clear to elementary students (get crafty). How to make it digitally. Get Crafty.

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Google Earth Lesson Plans

Ask a Tech Teacher

Stephanie Smith Budhai that incorporates the amazing Google Earth into learning. Here’s the beginning: The 3D interactive online exploration platform Google Earth provides a pathway to endless learning adventures around the globe. Google Earth Resources. Google Earth Board : a Warm-up using Google Earth.

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5 Steps to Gamify Your Elementary Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Heather Marrs shares how to get started with gamifying your classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How could you take your whole elementary classroom year and gamify it? If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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Elementary Book Club for Advanced Readers

Catlin Tucker

When I work with elementary teachers, one of the biggest challenges they face is the wide range of reading skills in their classrooms. Most of the teachers I coach at the elementary level are using the Station Rotation Model during their English language block. To create the book club project, we created two Google Slide decks.

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Social Entrepreneurship with Elementary Students: A Perfect STEAM Lesson

User Generated Education

But elementary school-age kids do have the natural curiosity, imagination, drive, and ability to come up with innovative ways to change the world for the better. It was quite a treat watching them continually examine the graphs found on the Google form response page. ” ( Young Kids Need to Learn About Social Entrepreneurship ).

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50 Fun Virtual Activities for Elementary School Students

Waterford

Try this free Math Mystery activity , which can be a fun virtual way to practice elementary-level skills. Use Google Arts and Culture to explore a variety of interactive art activities as a class, including music makers and artsy jigsaw puzzles. The free coding games on Tynker can make for fascinating virtual STEM activities.