5 Activities to Celebrate William Shakespeare’s Birthday
Happy Birthday Bill! Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564. Celebrate William Shakespeare's 457th Birthday with these 5 fun Shakespeare birthday activities.
Power in Poems: Engaging students with poetry instruction
For April’s #FlocabChat, we talked about how poetry can help students hone a variety of skills, such as analytical thinking, artistic expression, creative writing and public speaking. There are so many ways that poetry can be used in the classroom, and more than that, there are many mediums (like hip-hop) whose texts can be read and analyzed as poetry. Explore how to use Flocabulary to teach poetry on this blog post. Flocabulary offers several lessons about poetry, but as many educators in our community point out, Flocabulary's content is poetry. To delve into why, see some of the chat's highlights…
Celebrate Black History Month with Flocabulary
Each February, we observe Black History Month to remember important people and events in Black history. Black history relates to all citizens and our shared backgrounds as Americans. Use these Flocabulary resources to honor Black history in your curriculum—not just for the month, but all year long.
Flocabulary Updates
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Test Prep Activities & Lesson Plans from Flocabulary
We recently shared tips and strategies for using Flocabulary for test prep brain breaks. While Flocab is flexible enough to use in short spurts for a breather between prep, many of our features support rigorous test prep too.