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Have you ever faced the fact that students don´t remember a topic or steps to do something? Well it have had happened to me a lot mostly with the verb tenses. I had to asked myself... What can I do to provide my students a little help without recalling once again the whole topic? ANCHOR CHARTS!!! ... Yes anchor charts!!! A ammm?? What is an anchor chart? A n anchor chart is a tool used to support instruction and to move the student towards achieving success with lessons taught in class. They are also used as a classroom management tool for students to self-monitor their behavior by gently reminding them of expectations and routines. Anchor charts are created during the instruction of the lesson. As the teacher models the lesson or strategy, the lesson reinforcement or strategy tool is written on chart paper. Once the lesson is complete, the chart is placed in a convenient student-friendly location that the students can access it independently. This is another vehicle for...

What things do you take in consideration when arrenging your classrrom? I liked looking through many ideas in pictures. It gets my creative juices flowing, even though I’m pretty limited in what I can do with the desks in my room. I teach in a elementary school, and the desks are large and one piece. I also have 17  of them in a good size   class room. However, I have dreams of one day having a bigger classroom where I can put some puffs in a reading corner. We have to be creative with what we have so h ere are some tips for creating a nice and welcomed classroom for your students. Reflect on what you are trying to accomplish and make your space work for you rather than against you. Before you set out to arrange your classroom, consider asking yourself the following questions: l   What information do my students need to know? They need to know the date, assignment, classroom procedures, etc. l   What will inspire my students every day? Quo...

So, What is the first thing that comes to your mind when the words OPEN CLASS is mentioned by your principal? Well for me it is like a scary movie, thinking in the subject, material, decoration and preparation is scary. This time I decided to make a presentation and the topic was "Travelling around the world" each student of fifth grade choose a country and they had to search for important information to provide to the audience (parents) such as language spoken, ubication, typical food, and a monument representative or a sightseeing of the country. They made a 3D representation and they brought some typical snacks of the country to share. For me this activity helped students to feel confident when speaking the language in front of strangers as well as learning about other places. The interesting thing was that they learned words in the language spoken in the chosen country... I learned to say bye in German "AUF WIEDERSEHEN" It was an activity that I saw par...