Lesson hooks ideas

Lesson hooks are a great way to engage students right away when you're teaching a lesson. What is a lesson hook? A lesson hook is an activity or other introduction that grabs students' attention at the start of a lesson. Learn about 21 lesson hooks that really work to engage your students. There are descriptions of these lesson hooks as well as examples of how to use them in your classroom. In this blog, there is a FREE resource that includes a "cheat sheet" of these lesson hooks and more!

Wondering how do you write a hook for a lesson and how to create a good lesson hook strategy? These lesson hook ideas will help!

Use these three ideas for lesson hooks to engage your students and have some fun learning in the classroom! They're perfect for all subjects, including math and social studies. Number 3 is super fun! #lessonplanning #classroommanagement

Engage your math students right from the start! In this post, I share five engaging lesson hooks for math, including resource links to get started.

Hook'em from the start! Creating an engaging introduction for my elementary and middle school students is my favorite part of the lesson-planning process. Add some engagement to your math lesson plan with these five strategies.

Using lesson hooks are a great way to create engaging lessons. A lesson hook is a short opening to a lesson. It should grab your students’ attention and leave them wanting to learn more. Hooks should be short (less than 3 minutes) and prepare students for the content they will be learning.

This post is written by Megan Diede and Kara Risby. Megan and Kara both currently teach primary at Prairie Wind Elementary in Gillette, Wyoming. They are

The unfortunate truth is that teachers today are competing with electronics in order to get students' attention in the classroom. This is a tough obstacle to be up against! To try help my fellow teachers start their lessons out strong, I'm sharing 20 ways

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