High-Five Teaching, K-5

Educators are under pressure to create a learning environment where children are engaged as well as achieving better testing results. This book gives primary teachers a wealth of practical tips, examples, ideas and strategies to increase student interaction and motivation and ultimately improve student achievement. "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. It offers sample lesson plans that help teachers implement the strategies. It demonstrates the concepts with real examples pulled from Cindy Rickert's experience as a current elementary school teacher. It 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.