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BrainPop Bulletin - Summer 2024

Posted by Tim Leister

Wed, May 29, 2024

BrainPop Bulletin

The BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Monthly bulletins have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

This Month's Question - How can I level up my instruction next school year?

 

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Updates coming this fall! 

  • Embedded assessments, standards reporting, and auto-graded activities—oh my! There’s a lot to look forward to this back-to-school. BrainPOP’s Bobbi Bear shares a sneak peek of the exciting product enhancements coming your way. View the video in the current BrainPop Bulletin to learn more!

 

Dig Deeper

 

BrainPop Loves Teachers! 

  • Celebrating your passions and impact! Read and Watch how teachers bring their talents and skills into the classroom to inspire their students. 

 

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BrainPop Bulletin - April 2024

Posted by Tim Leister

Fri, Apr 12, 2024

BrainPop Bulletin

The BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Monthly bulletins have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

This Month's Question - What's an immersive way for students to demonstrate their knowledge?

 

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BrainPOP’s Make-a-Movie

  • Lights, camera, action! Let your students take the director's seat as they share their understanding of a new topic with others using BrainPOP’s Make-a-Movie feature. View the video in the current BrainPop Bulletin to learn how!

 

Bonus Tip

  • Provide a rubric for your students as they research and gather specific information. The rubric will be a helpful guide when they’re scripting and outlining their storyboard. Don’t forget to give project parameters like time limit and key vocabulary words!

 

Celebrate 25 years of BrainPop! 

  • It's BrainPOP's 25th anniversary and we’re giving you a chance to win big! Find out how to enter the Moby Awards and be crowned "Class of the Year."

 

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  • Scroll to the bottom of each bulletin to view past instructional practices and ideas using BrainPop.

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BrainPop Bulletin - March 2024

Posted by Tim Leister

Thu, Mar 7, 2024

BrainPop Bulletin

The BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Monthly bulletins have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

This Month's Question - How can I help my students organize their thoughts?

 

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Graphic organizers as thinking organizers

  • With graphic organizers, teachers can help students outline their thoughts and be ready for deeper learning. Explore and assign our variety of built-in, ready-to-use graphic organizers to individuals, small groups, or an entire class.View the video in the current BrainPop Bulletin to learn how!

 

Bonus Tip!

  • Use venn diagrams to help students structure their thoughts and prepare for a writing extension activity, which will also help strengthen their literacy skills.  Log into BrainPop to try it out!

 

Also in the current Bulletin edition...

  • Learn how to become a Certified BrainPOP Educator! The next Certified BrainPOP Educator (CBE) cohort begins on April 8! Hear what current CBEs have to say about the program! 

 

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  • Scroll to the bottom of each bulletin to view past instructional practices and ideas using BrainPop.

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Join BrainPOP Connect (Online) for NEW Updates!!

Posted by IU13 IMS

Thu, Feb 22, 2024

Register today for Connect by BrainPOP to get:

  • A sneak peek at upcoming product releases.
  • Ready-to-use instructional strategies from our Professional Learning Team and the BrainPOP educator community.
  • Networking opportunities with fellow K-8 educators.
  • A chance to win exclusive BrainPOP swag!
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BrainPop Bulletin - February 2024 (Part 2)

Posted by Tim Leister

Wed, Feb 7, 2024

BrainPop Bulletin

The BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Monthly bulletins have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

This Month's Question - How do you keep students engaged for a whole lesson?

 

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'Noticing and Wondering': Activating BrainPOP learning beyond movies

  • Students’ minds may run a mile a minute but with the ‘Noticing and Wondering' strategy, you’ll be sure to lock-in their attention and have all eyes focused on the content. You’ll be amazed to see student learning confidence grow within one single lesson.View the video in the current BP Bulletin to learn how!

 

Bonus Tip for Noticing and Wonder Strategy

  • Once your students have listed their “noticings and wonderings” and have rewatched the movie, have them return to their Make-a-Map and add a new “I understand” column. Writing down their new learnings will help reinforce students’ comprehension. Log into BrainPop to try it out!

 

Connect by BrainPOP

  • On Sunday, February 25th, from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm  (EST), educators are invited to a virtual event to "Discover ways to incorporate easy to implement strategies to build essential skills across the curriculum." Reserve your spot here

 

Miss anything from past bulletins?

  • Scroll to the bottom of each bulletin to view past instructional practices and ideas using BrainPop.

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