I enjoy employing visuals in my classes, whether through Google Slides or a digital image that gives my students visual help as I explain the material to them. My students are not very engaged when I merely lecture them, so I love integrating photos and other resources to get their attention. I realize that many students need visual representation to understand the teachings correctly. Regarding audio, I adore adding movies, particularly animated interactive ones, to help people listen and retain information. For instance, during our science lesson, I showed them an excellent rap video about the planets, and they remembered the order of the planets and each planet’s characteristics. They didn’t even realize they fully understood it until they could recite the lyrics from the video without any captions and tell me about our solar system. Because many of my students require manipulatives or hands-on exercises to absorb and comprehend the topics, I add a variety of hands-on activities to my lessons. For example, many students enjoy using the poppet to assist them with multiplication during our subject on fractions. Also, kids adore using fraction strips so that they may compare the fractions and use them for fraction addition and subtraction as well as adding and subtracting improper, mixed, and complex fractions. Many of my kids appreciate it when I assess the arts when it comes to movement, whether it be through dance, music, or kinesthetics. Due to their level of energy, children occasionally require activities that allow them to get up and move around, especially during brain breaks. For instance, during our lesson on the Civil War, I incorporated movement for VA Studies by asking students to go around the room to demonstrate how the North and the South have split apart, as well as how Virginia and West Virginia split apart, while I created a Venn Diagram to show the inequalities that existed between Americans at the time.
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