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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 16h

For over 17 years, Creative Educator has focused on sharing effective ideas and strategies to foster creativity and engage students in learning.

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Creative Educator features articles on project-based learning, creativity, classroom management, creativity tools, and technology integration for classroom integration.

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Alistair Dickins @alistairdickins.bsky.social · 1d

How and with what effect can stories be used to introduce enquiry questions in #history?

Following @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social and @jcarrollhistory.bsky.social's excellent @histassoc.bsky.social Teaching History article on telling stories at KS5

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Telling Stories at A-Level: Chekhov, the Cholera, and the Contempt

Stories, it seems, are in vogue in the History classroom. And for good reason. Telling a gripping tale, as Christine Counsell has recently...

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Academic Abuse @academicabuse.com · 23h

Diversity doesn’t lower quality. Gatekeeping does.

When the same voices dominate academia, we don’t get excellence—we get elitism.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 23h

This approach to introducing a new unit encourages higher-order thinking and helps students see the content’s relevance to their lives. 🧠 Give it a try!

#EduSky #MiddleSchool #ITeachSocialStudies #HistoryEducation

Setting Up an Engaging Launch for a New Unit in Middle School

By encouraging students to think deeply at the beginning of units, teachers can help them see why the material is relevant to their lives.

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 23h

Practice counting skills and number sense part of your Halloween celebrations. Have each student create one page, or even all 13, showing a Halloween object “my goblin gave to me." #lessonplan

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 1d

As a fun way to get students to demonstrate comprehension and engage more deeply with a book you are reading during #NationalBookMonth, ask them to craft a fictitious interview with a character in the text they are reading.

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 2d

Ask your emerging writers to review a favorite story during #NationalBookMonth to practice opinion writing in primary grades.

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 2d

Project-based learning: essential questions and authentic tasks

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 3d

Today is ReptileAwarenessDay! Practice personification by crafting an animal interview #informationaltext #literacy #creativity

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 4d

Have students create their own eBooks to celebrate National Day on Writing, October 20th! #NCTE #WhyIwrite

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Danny Nicholson (Science Fix book out now!!) @dannynic.bsky.social · 5d

15 Picture Books to Teach Online Safety to Young Children
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15 Picture Books to Teach Online Safety to Young Children

Here's a list of great picture books that you can use to help teach about online safety to young children (EYFS/KS1)

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The Worthy Educator @theworthyeducator.bsky.social · 5d

We support your focus at The Worthy Educator - Join us! www.theworthyeducator.com/reflection
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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 5d

Looking to support student ideation, research, and thinking? Make your own graphic organizer handouts in minutes with the Graphic Organizer Maker:
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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 5d

To explore character traits and motivation, have students create a mock social network page from the viewpoint of the protagonist or antagonist in a novel they are reading.

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 5d

Free guide: support students during the STEM design process. Includes:

👉 step-by-step process,
👉routines and printable organizers,
👉ideas for formative assessment.

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 6d

Creative lesson plans to inspire your fourth-grade learners

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 6d

Looking for that just-right graphic organizer? Make your own in minutes with the Graphic Organizer Maker:

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 7d

Create a scrapbook for your favorite character from a fiction or nonfiction text you read during #NationalBookMonth #comprehension

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 7d

A coat of arms is a symbolic representation of a family’s identity and values. Ask students to design a coat of arms for a book character to showcase their traits. #comprehension #NationalBookMonth

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 8d

Inspire your 2nd graders with these creative lesson plans #standards #digitalwriting

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 8d

Have students "write" comics to practice and grow writing skills. #literacy

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 9d

Simple strategies from @tiffanidbrown for parents to engage reluctant readers and writers during #NationalBookMonth

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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 9d

So excited to learn and share at VIBE Shift! Thanks to @eduprotocols.bsky.social for organizing this event.

Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 9d

50 classroom activities for kindergarten
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Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator @thecreativeeducator.com · 10d

Build questioning, thinking, and communication skills as students share ideas and information through real and fictitious interviews! #ITECIA Standards+Creative Tasks = Future Ready

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