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General Tips for Successful Lessons

Use hands-on, role playing activities whenever possible. Students often learn best from non-traditional activities. When they participate they enjoy the lessons and have a chance to experience potential consequences of their choices. Role-play also reinforces critical thinking and higher-order thinking skills, which are important tools used in standardized testing. As for younger children, they need a variety of activities during a 50-minute lesson to hold their attention.

Sometimes, smaller is better. With younger students, you may find activities more effective if they work in small groups vs. large groups.

Close the lesson well. Make sure you leave time at the end of the lesson to summarize what they’ve learned, and ask the "think about it" wrap up questions to make sure they understand key concepts of the lesson. These wrap-up questions are provided at the end of every lesson.