High-Five Teaching, K–5
Using Green Light Strategies to Create Dynamic, Student-Focused Classrooms
- Rich Allen - City University, Hong Kong
- Cindy Rickert - Elementary Teacher
Brain-Friendly Teaching & Learning | Learning Styles | Student Engagement & Motivation
High-Five Teaching, K–5 provides proven strategies for improving morale and community in the classroom and shows how to motivate primary students to take on those more challenging, rigorous academic tasks. This book:
- Is packed with practical strategies designed to be in tune with the way today's digitally savvy students learn best
- Offers sample lesson plans that help teachers implement the strategies
- Demonstrates the concepts with real examples pulled from Cindy Rickert's experience as a current elementary school teacher
- Includes an appendix of sample forms, games, and other classroom resources
Covering student responsibility, motivation and engagement, teachable moments, movement, the creation of lesson plans, and setting up the classroom for the first days of school, this is a resource that has something for every primary teacher.
“The ideas in this book make learning come alive in your classroom. The authors present ideas and activities that almost any teacher could implement with few questions or problems. I have not seen anything like this!”
“Every teacher who is ready to move beyond ‘this is how it was taught to me’ and step into the future of how 21st-century students learn needs to read this book. With this book, teachers can truly discover what it takes to reach and empower every learner. High-Five Teaching is replete with specific examples and suggestions any teacher can use as exciting and fun ideas that work for today’s students."