What's In My Brain Lessons
Ask students to decide why items are grouped into two different categories. *A Byrdseed favorite!* Based on the Concept Attainment model of instruction.
In a Concept Attainment lesson, we give students examples and non-examples of a concept -- without telling them what that concept is!
Can students spot similes vs metaphors?
Can your students spot the run-on sentences?
Let's look at living vs non-living things.
Can your class spot the vertebrates vs invertebrates?
Some of these examples are conductors and some are insulators!
Can your students spot simple sentences vs compound sentences?
Can your class spot the complex sentences vs compound sentences?
Which are trapezoids and which are not?
Some of these clauses are dependent and some are independent.
Can your students tell the difference between cubism and abstract art?
Is it an island or an archipelago?
The word "may" can be used for possibility or permission. It's a modal auxiliary verb!
We're looking at the past progressive tense and the simple past tense.
Students infer the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.
Will your students notice progressive tense vs simple tense?