Teaching Regular and Proper Nouns Students need to learn grammar skills in order to learn communication skills. They also require grammar skills in order to do well with later analytical and independent thinking skills. Teach your students to recognize nouns using the lesson provided. Present the first five examples using the script. the script uses a Model, Lead, Test formatContinue reading “Teaching Regular and Proper Nouns”
Teaching the Final “E” Rule in Spelling Wouldn’t it be great if you could take the frustration and confusion out of spelling lessons? Here’s the good news – with the right instructional design, you can do just that! Here’s the better news – if you can follow a script, you can solve the problem! Here’s an example lesson covering the Final “e”Continue reading “Teaching the Final “E” Rule in Spelling”
Basic Concept of Fractions – Complete Lesson Fractions can be one of the most difficult concepts to understand for young learners, if they don’t have the right skills and if the new ideas are not presented well. Direct Instruction takes care of both of these pre-requisites. DI programs build methodically from one basic idea to the next, so that learners don’tContinue reading “Basic Concept of Fractions – Complete Lesson”
Teaching Order of Operations – Whole and Complete Lesson After students reach fluency in math facts, fact families, fractions and multi-step math problems, the next steps involve order of operations. Here is a whole and complete lesson for you to use for free. This lesson uses Direct Instruction scripting to reduce frustration and confusion for the student. It also uses behavior objectives and precisionContinue reading “Teaching Order of Operations – Whole and Complete Lesson”
