The Week in Rap Shout-Out Contest: Barrington Middle School-Prairie Campus!
Each week, we offer the chance for students to win a shout-out for their school by completing a critical thinking challenge through our Week in Rap Shout-Out Contest. Friday’s winning entry came from Mr. Boscarino’s 7th grade science class at Barrington Middle School-Prairie Campus in Barrington, IL - and it had a little something to do with pizza. Read on! Last week, after covering a story about how video games may develop key parts of the brain, we asked students to design their own educational game to teach an academic subject or skill. A favorite from Mr. Boscarino’s class was…
Flocabulary All Week and All Year: Use Our New Planning Guides!
Maybe you’re a middle school ELA teacher, planning to review comma usage, how to write a thesis, or the plot of the Odyssey this school year. Or maybe you’re a 5th grade teacher looking for standards-aligned content that will excite and engage your students - and is varied enough to cover the breadth of subjects that you teach each day. Either way, there are hundreds of videos and lessons on Flocabulary ready for you - but maybe you’re looking for some guidance to help with planning and pacing with our resources. Because we’re always looking for ways to support educators,…
3 Ways Flocabulary Engages Your Students
Flocabulary is guided by a mission to engage students and increase achievement across the curriculum. But just how well do we do that? To find out, in June we invited classroom teachers who use Flocabulary to complete a multiple choice survey about how their students respond to our videos and activities. We wanted to examine three branches of engagement: Behavioral engagement - a measure of persistence and participation, and of complying with classroom rules. Emotional engagement - a measure of students’ feelings about school, their teachers, and their classwork. Cognitive engagement - a measure of how students feel about their…
Flocab’s Freshest for Back to School
The Flocab team skipped a few pool parties these past few months - we spent the summer hard at work! Since last fall, we’ve added nearly 100 new units to support learning across the curriculum, and we’re not slowing down! As you kick off the first few weeks of school, here’s a recap of the new things you’ll find on Flocabulary. The Week in Rap Junior We just launched our weekly news program for students in grades K-5, The Week in Rap Junior! With a new video, standards-based exercises and a shout-out contest each week, the series connects real-world news…