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Scott Habeeb's Blog – January 2010 Archive (2)

Use Music to Inspire and Connect with Students

Kids respond to music. Use it to teach them lessons about life and to express your hopes for them. Use it to let them know you love them. Don't just wait for teachable moments to come along. Instead use music to create teachable moments.

Here are 2 ideas for how you can use these songs:

1. Use the song as a Do Now/Bell Ringer activity in your classroom. Make a PowerPoint with the words to the song. Then play the song and have the students read the words while…

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Added by Scott Habeeb on January 27, 2010 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Want to teach your students about life? (PART 2) Try these ideas...

This is a sequel/follow-up to a post from December 14, 2009.

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As I stated in my post from December 14, our freshmen are in need of life lessons. They need to learn content, but they also need help… Continue

Added by Scott Habeeb on January 1, 2010 at 10:18pm — No Comments