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Effective Teaching Strategies: including reading lesson plans.

Getting to Know You

Teachers are always seeking out new and improved teaching strategies - from new reading lesson plans to teacher web sites and social studies lessons plan. One item to add to your list of effective teaching strategies is "getting to know you".

There are several ways to make "getting to know you" a fun and effective teaching strategy. One way is through an exercise called "baggage claim". This exercise should take up to 10 minutes with a group no larger than 40 people. It consists of having each student "pack a bag" and introduce themselves to other students by what's packed in their bag. Another teaching strategy to add to your list of effective teaching strategies, which can also serve as part of your reading lesson plans is to have students create a bio poem. 

When getting to know a new class, implement fun and unusual teaching strategies. Look for ideas that combine new reading lesson plans and you'll be set.

 

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